§ 11.10.010. Definitions.

When used in chapters 11.10—11.40:

Amusement or novelty rides means any transportation for hire not operated on public streets and highways.

Chauffeur means a person authorized by the transportation inspector through the issuance of a chauffeur's license to operate a vehicle regulated by this title.

Chauffeured transportation means transportation through a vehicle controlled or driven by an operator or chauffeur.

Commission means the Anchorage Transportation commission.

Courtesy vehicle means a motor vehicle having a manufacturer's stated seating capacity of 15 or fewer passengers, which capacity included the driver, and is operated for the benefit of a customer without charge by an entity that derives its revenue from sources other than operation of the vehicle transporting that customer.

Criminally offensive sexual behavior includes the offenses named in Article 4 of AS 11.41 or identified by similar elements under Anchorage Municipal Code or the law of another jurisdiction, and offenses included as sexual offenses under the law of another jurisdiction within the United States.

Curbside service means taxicab service procured by a curbside hail, or approaching or waiting at a taxicab stand or zone, without the use of a digital dispatch application.

Dispatch service means a business authorized pursuant to chapter 11.40 to engage in the dispatch of taxicabs to persons desiring to hire them.

Division of measurement standards means the Division of Measurement Standards of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities of the State of Alaska.

Fuel efficient vehicle means a motor vehicle satisfying vehicle requirements of chapters 11.10—11.40 and a hybrid vehicle or alternative fuel vehicle (AFV), as defined by the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPA Act), as amended, including any dedicated, flexible-fuel, or dual-fuel vehicle designed to operate on at least one alternative fuel. Alternative fuels include but are not limited to the following:

a.

Compressed natural gas (CNG),

b.

Biodiesel (B20 blend or higher),

c.

Propane,

d.

Hydrogen, or

e.

Electricity.

Hybrid vehicle means a commercially available, mass-produced vehicle originally equipped by the manufacturer with a combustion engine system and an electric propulsion system that operate in an integrated manner.

Limousine means a luxury vehicle designated by its manufacturer as a limousine and used to transport passengers for hire by means of a chauffeur over unfixed and undefined routes based upon hourly rates. Limousines shall include executive sedans specifically approved as luxury vehicles by the commission. Executive sedans are further defined as four-door luxury vehicles each having a seating capacity of not more than five passengers, which capacity does not include the driver. Executive sedans shall be permitted only to a bona fide luxury limousine company.

Medical transport vehicle for hire means any motor vehicle or accessible vehicle designed or used to transport passengers, on a pre-arranged basis by a certified care coordinator for visits to medical care providers or other destinations related to health and welfare that require "protective oversight" of passengers with special needs; but shall not mean an ambulance.

Non-motorized vehicle means any type of passenger conveyance which is moved by means other than motorized means and is operated on municipal rights-of-way and is offered for hire. A non-motorized vehicle includes a vehicle drawn by one or more horses.

Operate means to drive, pick up, transport or discharge passengers.

Permit means a written authorization approved by the commission and issued by the transportation inspector allowing the operation of a vehicle regulated by this title. A permit to operate may be separate from ownership or leases of the vehicle or service operated. A permit to operate does not include a chauffeur's license. Such a permit is separate and distinct from a chauffeur's license.

Permittee means a person authorized by the commission to put a regulated vehicle in service.

Quasi-criminal refers to an offense which characteristically involves conduct inappropriate to an orderly society but does not denote criminally in its commission and does not give rise to the possibility of incarceration, disability, or legal disadvantage based on conviction of a crime.

Rate means every rate, toll, fare, rental charge or other form of compensation demanded, charged or collected by a permittee or chauffeur for its services.

Regulated vehicle means any vehicle regulated by this title. Vehicles with reconstructed titles shall not be permitted as regulated vehicles.

Taxicab means a chauffeured motor vehicle equipped with a taximeter or approved metering application or both used to transport passengers for hire having a manufacturer's rated seating capacity of nine or fewer persons, which capacity includes the driver and which is not operated over fixed or defined routes.

Taximeter means an instrument, device, or system attached to a taxicab and by means of which the charge for such vehicle is mechanically or electronically calculated and displayed in dollars and cents. Such calculations may be premised upon the distance traveled or waiting time, or both.

Transportation inspector means the chief administrative officer of the transportation inspection division or his or her designee.

Vehicle for hire means any form of motorized chauffeured passenger transportation offered for hire having a manufacturer's stated seating capacity of 15 or fewer persons, which capacity includes the driver, and does not mean an ambulance, a horse-drawn vehicle, a taxicab, a limousine or a vehicle owned or leased by the municipality and used to transport passengers for hire in connection with the municipality's operation of its mass transit system. A vehicle for hire is intended to satisfy a demonstrated, specific need for passenger transport by offering and providing limited purpose or exclusive passenger transportation services as may be authorized by the commission.

(AO No. 57-75; AO No. 78-177; AO No. 80-19(S); AO No. 81-149; AO No. 84-18; AO No. 87-8; AO No. 87-126(S); AO No. 94-21(S), § 1, 4-12-94; AO No. 97-134(S-1), § 1, 12-9-97; AO No. 98-51(S), § 1, 5-4-99; AO No. 2011-91(S-2), § 1, 9-27-11; AO No. 2013-109(S-1), § 1, 12-3-13; AO No. 2014-116, § 1, 10-21-14; AO No. 2018-6(S) , § 1, 4-10-18)

Cross reference

Definitions and rules of construction generally, § 1.05.020.