7.35.010 Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
A. City means the City of Bend, Oregon.
B. License means the license issued by the City to a taxi company or TNC authorizing the company to engage in vehicle for hire services within the City.
C. Driver means any individual natural person who operates a vehicle for hire within the City.
D. Person means and includes any individual natural person, partnership, corporation, unincorporated association, or other entity.
E. Vehicle for hire means any vehicle used for the ground transportation of passengers for compensation within the City, including taxis and transportation network company (TNC) vehicles, as well as animal-drawn vehicles and vehicles powered by humans, including but not limited to vehicles such as pedi-cabs. The following motor vehicles are excluded from the definition of vehicle for hire and are exempt from this chapter:
1. School buses operated to transport students;
2. Vehicles used by nonprofit transportation providers solely for elderly or handicapped persons;
3. Vehicles used to provide courtesy transportation at no charge to and from parking lots, hotels, rental offices, retirement homes, and the like;
4. Vehicles used to provide ambulance service.
F. Taxi company means any person or entity operating one or more vehicles for hire, other than as a driver, regardless of the legal form of the entity and regardless of whether the taxis so operated are owned by the company, or leased, or owned by individual members of an entity. Taxi companies do not include TNCs.
G. Transportation network company or TNC means a company or other entity that exclusively uses an Internet-enabled platform or application to connect passengers with vehicles for hire and/or TNC drivers. [Ord. NS-2287, 2017]