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Section 1. Purpose <br /> The purpose of this chapter is to address the regulation of taxicab companies and <br /> transportation network companies (TNC's), which constitute an important component of <br /> the city's transportation system, thus affecting the safety and welfare of the general <br /> public. <br /> Section 2. Definitions <br /> The following words and phrases when used in this chapter have the meanings as <br /> set forth herein: <br /> A. "City" means the city of Everett, a municipal corporation. <br /> B. "City clerk"means the city clerk for the city of Everett or the city clerk's <br /> designee. <br /> C. "EMC"means the Everett Municipal Code as enacted or subsequently amended. <br /> D. "Operating a taxicab company in the city" means a taxicab company connects a <br /> taxicab driver to a passenger by any means, including without limitation, through a <br /> dispatch system, digital network, or through a customer hail of a taxicab, for a trip <br /> originating in the city. <br /> E. "Operating a taxicab or TNC vehicle"means using a taxicab or TNC vehicle to <br /> transport any passenger or item of property for compensation from a point originating in <br /> the city. <br /> F. "Operating a TNC in the city"means a TNC uses its digital network to connect a <br /> TNC driver to a passenger for a trip originating in the city. <br /> G. "Person" and "he" and "she" means and includes any natural person, and in <br /> addition, a partnership, corporation, an unincorporated association, or a legal entity, <br /> unless a contrary intention plainly appears. <br /> H. "For-hire license"means a license issued to a taxicab company or TNC pursuant <br /> to this Ordinance. <br /> I. "Taxi," "taxicab" and"cab"means a motorized vehicle that is held out to the <br /> public as providing transportation to passengers or property: <br /> 1. Where the route traveled, destination, or both route and destination is <br /> controlled by the passenger; and <br /> Page 2 of 14 <br />