When used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meaning ascribed:

Association - a group of taxicab owners organized for the purpose of engaging in the business of taxicab transportation for common benefits regarding operation, color scheme, or insignia.

Commission - the District of Columbia Taxicab Commission established pursuant to section 5 of the District of Columbia Taxicab Commission Establishment Act of 1985, effective March 25, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-97; D.C. Official Code § 50-304 (2009 Repl.)).

Company – a person, partnership, or corporation engaging in the business of owning and operating a fleet or fleets of taxicabs having a uniform color scheme.

District - the District of Columbia.

District of Columbia Taxicab Commission (DCTC) License - the taxicab vehicle license issued pursuant to D.C. Official Code § 47-2829(d) (2005 Repl.; 2011 Supp.)).

Face Card - the official taxicab or public vehicle for hire operator license (Identification Card) issued pursuant to D.C. Official Code § 47-2829(e) (2005 Repl.; 2011 Supp.)).

Fleet - a group of twenty (20) or more taxicabs having a uniform color scheme and having unified control by ownership or by association.

Group Riding - a personally pre-formed group of two (2) or more passengers whose trip has a common point of origin and either different or common destinations.

Identification Card - the official taxicab or public vehicle for hire operator license (Face Card) issued pursuant to D.C. Official Code § 47-2829(e) (2005 Repl.; 2011 Supp.)).

Independently Operated Taxicab - a taxicab operated by an individual owner which is not part of a fleet, company, or association and which does not operate under the uniform color scheme of any fleet, company, or association.

Individual Riding - the transportation of a single passenger for an entire trip.

License Act – D.C. Official Code § 47-2829 (2005 Repl.; 2011 Supp.).

Limousine - a public passenger vehicle for hire, including a sedan

vehicle, having a seating capacity of nine (9) or fewer passengers, exclusive of the driver, with three (3) or more doors, operated or offered as a vehicle for passenger transportation for hire by contract fixed solely by the hour (also known as contract livery).

Loitering - waiting around or in front of a hotel, theater, public building, or place of public gathering or in the vicinity of a taxicab or limousine stand that is occupied to full capacity; stopping in such locations, except to take on or discharge a passenger; or unnecessarily slow driving in front of a hotel, theater, public building, or place of public gathering or in the vicinity of a taxicab or limousine stand that is occupied to full capacity.

Notice - notice of transfer under § 507 of Chapter 5 of this Title.

Office – the Office of Taxicabs established pursuant to section 13 of the District of Columbia Taxicab Commission Establishment Act of 1985, effective March 25, 1986 (D.C. Law 6-97; D.C. Official Code § 50-301 (2009 Repl.)).

Operator - a person operating a public vehicle for hire – taxicab or limousine.

Owner - a person, corporation, partnership, or association that holds the legal title to a Public Vehicle for Hire, the registration of which is required in the District of Columbia. If a Public Vehicle for Hire title is subject to a lien, a mortgagor may also be considered an owner.

Personal Service - assistance or service requested by a passenger that requires the taxicab operator to leave the vicinity of the taxicab.

Public Vehicle for Hire - (A) Any passenger motor vehicle operated in the District by an individual or any entity that is used for the transportation of passengers for hire, including as a taxicab, limousine, or sedan; or

(B) Any other private passenger motor vehicle that is used for the transportation of passengers for hire but is not operated on a schedule or between fixed termini and is operated exclusively in the District, or a vehicle licensed pursuant to D.C. Official Code § 47-2829, including taxicabs, limousines, and sedans.

Shared Riding – a group of two (2) or more passengers arranged by a Starter at Union Station, Verizon Center, or Nationals Park with common or different destinations.

Street - a roadway designated on the Permanent System of Highways of the District of Columbia as a public thoroughfare.

Taxicab - a public vehicle for hire, as authorized in §609 of Chapter 6 of this title, having a seating capacity for eight (8) or fewer passengers,

exclusive of the driver, and operated or offered as a vehicle for passenger transportation for hire.

Trunk Tote- a tote bag maintained by the vehicle operator to carry necessities for emergencies and essential tools, as described in § 601.17.

Washington Metropolitan Area -the area encompassed by the District of Columbia; Montgomery County, Prince Georges County, and Frederick County in Maryland; Arlington County, Fairfax County, Loudon County, and Prince William County and the cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas, and Manassas Park in Virginia. Also referred to as the Metropolitan Area.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 37 DCR 3595, 3631 (June 1, 1990); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 5577 (July 11, 2003); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 3831 (April 11, 2008); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 7504, 7505 (June 22, 2012); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 9970, 9995 (August 17, 2012).

APPENDIX 8-1 [DELETED]

APPENDIX 8-2 [DELETED]

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 48 DCR 4680 (May 25, 2001); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 51 DCR 4101 (April 23, 2004); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 52 DCR 11292 (December 30, 2005); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 53 DCR 10083 (December 22, 2006); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 53 DCR 6579 (August 11, 2006); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 53 DCR 7981 (October 6, 2006); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 3831 (April 11, 2008).

APPENDIX 8-3

Appendix 8-3 is amended by substituting an amended Taxi Driver's Daily Manifest Form (attached)

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 3831 (April 11, 2008).