§ 270.102. Definitions.

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Affiliated driver. An affiliated driver is a person who drives a for-hire vehicle and who is licensed by the commission.

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Affiliated vehicle. An affiliated vehicle is any for-hire vehicle which is licensed by the commission to be dispatched by a particular base station.

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Base station owner. A base station owner is any individual, partnership, corporation or any other entity licensed by the commission to own and operate a base station.

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Base station. A base station is a central facility which dispatches affiliated vehicles licensed by the commission.

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Chairperson. Chairperson means the Chairperson of the Westchester County Taxi and Limousine Commission.

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Commission. Commission means the Westchester County Taxi and Limousine Commission.

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Decal. A decal is a sticker issued by the commission evidencing a for-hire vehicle permit.

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Dispatch. A dispatch is an instruction to an affiliated driver by a base station to provide transportation to a passenger who has previously arranged for such transportation with the base station.

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For-hire vehicle. A for-hire vehicle is any motor vehicle used to transport less than twenty (20) passengers who will be required to pay for such transportation. A for-hire vehicle shall not include taxicabs, buses, wheelchair accessible vans or funeral cars.

9a.

Funeral car. A funeral car is a motor vehicle operated solely for the purpose of carrying passengers from a specific location to a funeral parlor or cemetery and the return of such passengers to a specific location.

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For-hire vehicle permit. A for-hire vehicle permit is a permit issued by the commission to the owner of a for-hire vehicle to allow such vehicle to be dispatched by a base station.

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Mailing address. Mailing address means the address designated for the mailing of all notices and correspondence from the commission and for service of summonses. In the case of the base station, it shall be the base station address. In the case of the driver, it shall be the home address of the driver. In the case of the owner of a for-hire vehicle, it shall be the home or business address of the owner.

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Passenger. A passenger is a person who is being transported by a for-hire vehicle, or a person who is awaiting the arrival of a for-hire vehicle.

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Police officer. A police officer is any person described as such in New York State Criminal Procedure Law Section 1.20(34).

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Taxicab. A taxicab is a motor vehicle registered with the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles as a "Taxi" and bearing a "Taxi" license plate that carries no more than five (5) passengers in Westchester County who will be charged for such transportation and that is licensed as a taxicab by either a local municipality within Westchester County or by the commission.

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Vehicle owner. A vehicle owner is an individual, partnership, corporation or any other entity in whose name a vehicle is titled. For purposes of these rules, the term shall also apply to the lessee of the vehicle from the titled owner.

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Weapon. A weapon is any firearm, electronic dart gun, gravity knife, switchblade knife, razor blade, boxcutter, cane sword, billy, blackjack, bludgeon, metal knuckles, chuka stick, sandstick, slingshot or any other instrument, real or simulated, which is capable of inflicting or threatening bodily harm.

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Wheelchair accessible vehicle. A wheelchair accessible vehicle is a vehicle which is utilized exclusively for the purpose of transporting persons in wheelchairs.

(Added by L.L. No. 9-1998; L.L. 18-2002; L.L. No. 15-2004, § 1)