5.68.020 Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this chapter have the meanings as set forth herein:
A. “City” means the city of Everett, a municipal corporation.
B. “City clerk” means the city clerk for the city of Everett or the city clerk’s designee.
C. “EMC” means the Everett Municipal Code as enacted or subsequently amended.
D. “Operating a taxicab company in the city” means a taxicab company connects a taxicab driver to a passenger by any means, including without limitation, through a dispatch system, digital network, or through a customer hail of a taxicab, for a trip originating in the city.
E. “Operating a taxicab or TNC vehicle” means using a taxicab or TNC vehicle to transport any passenger or item of property for compensation from a point originating in the city.
F. “Operating a TNC in the city” means a TNC uses its digital network to connect a TNC driver to a passenger for a trip originating in the city.
G. “Person” and “he” and “she” mean and include any natural person, and in addition, a partnership, corporation, an unincorporated association, or a legal entity, unless a contrary intention plainly appears.
H. “For-hire license” means a license issued to a taxicab company or TNC pursuant to this chapter.
I. “Taxi,” “taxicab” and “cab” mean a motorized vehicle that is held out to the public as providing transportation to passengers:
1. Where the route traveled, destination, or both route and destination is controlled by the passenger; and
2. Where the fare is based on an amount recorded and indicated on a taximeter or a digital network used to connect passengers with drivers or by a special contract rate. A TNC vehicle is not a taxicab.
J. “Taxicab company” means any person operating one or more taxicabs other than or in addition to as a driver, regardless of the legal form of the entity and regardless of whether the taxicabs so operated are owned by the company, or leased, or owned by individual members of the entity.
K. “Taxicab driver” means a driver who uses a taxicab to transport passengers for compensation and that transportation is arranged through a taxicab company.
L. “Taximeter” means a device by which the charge for hire of a taxicab is mechanically and/or digitally measured or calculated based upon a combination of mileage traveled and time elapsed.
M. “Transportation network company” or “TNC” means a company that connects passengers with TNC drivers solely through a digital network. Additionally, TNC drivers use only personal vehicles to transport passengers for compensation between geographical points chosen by the passenger.
N. “TNC driver” means a driver who uses a personal vehicle to transport passengers for compensation and that transportation is arranged through a TNC’s digital network.
O. “Transportation network company vehicle” or “TNC vehicle” means a personal motorized vehicle affiliated with or operating under the authority of a TNC where the fare is based on a digital network used to connect passengers with TNC drivers. A taxicab is not a TNC vehicle.
P. “Hearing examiner” means the office of the hearing examiner created pursuant to Chapter 1.20 EMC. (Ord. 3901-22 § 2 (Exh. B § 2), 2022; Ord. 3588-18 § 1, 2018; Ord. 3553-17 § 2, 2017.)