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• 4 <br /> 4. Where the fare is based on an amount recorded and indicated on a taximeter <br /> or a digital network used to connect passengers with drivers or by a special contract rate. A <br /> TNC vehicle is not a taxicab. <br /> Z. "Taxicab company"means any person operating one or more taxicabs other than or <br /> in addition to as a driver,regardless of the legal form of the entity and regardless of whether <br /> the taxicabs so operated are owned by the company, or leased, or owned by individual <br /> members of the entity. <br /> AA. "Taxicab driver"means a driver who uses a taxicab to transport passengers ec <br /> property-for compensation and that transportation is arranged through a taxicab company. <br /> BB. "Taximeter"means a device by which the charge for hire of a taxicab is <br /> mechanically and/or digitally measured or calculated based upon a combination of mileage <br /> traveled and time elapsed. <br /> CC. "Transportation Network Company"or"TNC"means a company that <br /> connects passengers with TNC drivers solely throng a digital network. Additionally,INC <br /> drivers use only personal vehicles to transport passengers for compensation between <br /> geographical points chosen by the passenger. <br /> DD. "TNC driver"means a driver who uses a personal vehicle to transport <br /> passengers-e epees for compensation and that transportation is arranged through a <br /> TNC's digital network. <br /> EE "Transportation network company vehicle"or"TNC vehicle"means a personal <br /> motorized vehicle affiliated with or operating under the authority of a TNC where the fare is <br /> based on a digital network used to connect passengers with INC drivers. A taxicab is not a <br /> INC vehicle. <br /> FF."Violations-hearing examiner"means the office of the violations hearing examiner <br /> created pursuant chapter 1.20 EMC. <br /> Section 2. Section 4 of Ordinance No. 3553-17 (EMC 5.68.040),which reads as follows: <br /> For-hire license required <br /> A. Each taxicab company and TNC must have a valid and current for-hire license to <br /> operate in the city. <br /> B. The city clerk may issue a for-hire license to a taxicab company or TNC provided <br /> that the taxicab company or TNC submits, on a form provided by the city, an affidavit sworn <br /> under penalty of perjury that the taxicab company and its affiliated taxicab drivers or the <br /> TNC and its affiliated INC drivers are in full compliance with this Ordinance,including <br /> without limitation, standards for vehicle safety, driver training and background, and <br /> insurance requirements. <br /> Page.1f 15 <br />