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STREET shall mean any place commonly used for the purpose of public travel. TAXICAB shall mean a motor vehicle used in the busi- ness of transportation of passengers for hire, where transportation is not over a fixed and definite route, but is under the control, as to destination and/or route, of the passenger or passengers being carried therein. TAXICAB TERMINAL shall mean any office, station, building, stand, substation or other place of business of a duly authorized holder at which calls are receiv- ed, or may he received, from prospective passengers for hire, from which place of business the holder directs the dispatch and return taxicabs used in the taxicab service for which the Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity has been granted. TAXIMETER shall mean any mechanical instrument, applicance, device or machine by which the charge for hire of a motor vehicle is mechanically calculated, either for distance traveled or time consumed, or both, and on said instrument, appliance, device or machine such charge is indicated by figures. TOP LIGHT shall mean an electrically operated sign with lights of a color and design approved by the Chief of Police. TOTAL STOPPAGE shall mean the complete halting of bus transportation service furnished within the City of Santa Ana resulting from a labor strike or a disaster. WAITING TIME shall mean the time when the taxicab is not in motion from the time of acceptance to the time of discharge of a passenger, including any time the taxicab is not in motion due to traffic or the request, act or fault of the passenger. The first three minutes elapsing prior to the arrival of the passenger at the beginning of a trip shall not be considered as waiting time, and in no ev~t shall any time be considered as waiting time for any period prior to the time of arrival designated by the prospective passenger when requesting the taxicab. Section 38-2 - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity Required. No person shall engage in the business of operating or permit to be operated any ambulance, motorbus or taxicab owned or controlled by him, as a vehicle for hire upon the streets of the City without first ob- taining a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity from the City Council and having affixed to each'vehicle a permit as required by Section 38-18 of this Chapter and a device as required by Section 38-20a of this Chapter.