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DRIVER means every person in charge or control of, or driving or operating any motor vehicle upon the streets, alleys or highways of the City, either as owner, agent, employee or otherwise. DRIVER'S PERMIT means and includes the permit issued by the Chief of Police to any person operating or driving any vehicle as defined in this chapter. FIXED TAXI STAND shall mean a space set aside for the exclusive use of one or more taxicabs with marked stalls for each taxicab operating therefrom and which is clearly identified with a sign stating the name and telephone number of the operator of such stand. HEARING OFFICER shall mean any person appointed by the Clerk of the Council to conduct the public hearing, submit written findings, conclusions and recommendations. HOLDER shall mean any person holding a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity from the City of Santa Ana. JITNEY means and includes every vehicle authorized pursuant to this chapter to engage in the business of carrying passengers for hire along a fixed route of travel. MANIFEST means a daily record prepared by the driver or the management office of all trips made by any ambulance or taxicab showing the date and place of origin, destination, number of passengers, and the amount of charge to each passenger. MOTORBUS includes every motor vehicle used in the business of carrying passengers for hire which re- ceives and discharges passengers along the fixed route traversed by it; shall not include a taxi- cab, or any inter-city bus regulated by the Public Utilities Commission. OWNER includes every person, partnership, firm, entity, corporation or stockholder thereof, having legal use, control, or title of any motor vehicle as herein defined, whether as owner, lessee, or otherwise. PARTIAL STOPPAGE shall mean the furnishing of less than the regularly scheduled bus transportation service due to work stoppage, slow down, labor dis- pute, or when no regular bus service is scheduled during the interval from termination of the day's scheduled bus service and the commencement of the next day's scheduled bus service. PASSENGER FOR HIRE shall mean a person transported in a taxicab for consideration. PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY is a genuine need for public passenger vehicles for hire, to serve promptly, adequately, and efficiently the needs and convenience of the general public. This determina- tion will be made at a public hearing. -2-