§ 67-2. Definitions.

A. 

Word usage. Words used in the singular in this chapter shall include the plural and vice versa. The word "shall" is always mandatory.

B. 

Wherever "Commissioner" appears it shall mean "Commissioner of Public Safety or his designee."

C. 

Definitions. The following definitions shall govern the interpretation of this chapter unless otherwise expressly defined herein:

BLACK CAR(S)

(Reserved)

BUSINESS

Includes any single act of transporting a passenger or passengers in a motor vehicle for hire or for compensation of any kind upon the public streets, road and highways within the Town of Brookhaven.

CRUISING

To travel about the street and roadways at random.

DEPOT

An additional place of business in the area where an owner's terminal is located.

LICENSE

Due authorization in writing, as provided herein, which permits a person to engage in the business of transportation for hire or to employ others for said purposes.

LIMOUSINE

Includes any motor vehicle engaged in transportation for hire in connection with funerals, weddings, proms and other events or functions of a similar nature, or in connection with general transportation for hire when, at the prior request of the passenger(s), an unmarked livery is used and pickup is made by prior arrangement, whether hired by the hour, by the day or for a fixed fare, and/or so licensed by the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles.

MEDI BUS

(Reserved)

OPERATOR

Includes a natural person who is entitled to obtain in his or her own name proper New York State licensing for the operation of a motor vehicle for the purpose of transportation for hire.

OWNER

Includes a person, as defined herein, who is a business owner, principal, director and/or officer of a business, a purchaser under a reserve title contract, conditional sales, contract or vendor's lien agreement and a lessee who is entitled to obtain in his or her own name proper New York State registration of the vehicles engaged in the business of transportation for hire, and/or a person owning or controlling one or more taxicabs or limousines and operating/driving or causing to be operated/driven any such vehicle for hire.

PASSENGER

Includes any person other than the operator/driver who is an occupant of a taxicab or limousine upon the public streets, roads and highways within the Town of Brookhaven.

PERMIT

Due authorization in writing, as provided herein, which permits a natural person to operate a motor vehicle engaged in transportation for hire.

PERSON

Includes natural persons, corporations, partnerships, unincorporated associations or any other organizations of two or more persons.

TAXICAB

Includes any motor vehicle engaged in the business of transportation for hire, other than a limousine.

TERMINAL

A fixed base of operations located within the area for which application is made and designated as zoned for business, which also has adequate off-street parking facilities for licensed vehicles when not in operation.

TOWN

Includes all areas within the Town of Brookhaven, exclusive of areas wholly within any incorporated village.

TRANSPORTATION FOR HIRE

Includes the transporting of a passenger or passengers in a motor vehicle, for hire or for compensation of any kind, upon the public streets, roads and highways within the Town of Brookhaven.

VEHICLE FOR HIRE

Includes any motor vehicle used in the transporting of a passenger or passengers, for hire or for compensation of any kind, upon the public streets, roads and highways within the Town of Brookhaven.