§ 20.04.010. Definitions.
The following words and phrases, when used in Title 20 of the Clark County Code, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:
"Airport" means all airports situated in Clark County, Nevada and their related facilities, appurtenances and improvements and any other aviation-related facility, owned and operated by Clark County, Nevada, as part of the Clark County Airport System, under the authority and direction of the board of county commissioners. The five airports currently owned and operated by Clark County, Nevada, are: McCarran International Airport, North Las Vegas Airport, Henderson Executive Airport, Overton Municipal Airport and Jean Airport, and others as may be included in the future.
"Airport pickup or delivery" means loading or unloading passengers, customers, or cargo at the airport.
"Authority" means the Nevada Transportation Authority.
"Bus" means any motor vehicle with a capacity of nine or more persons, including the driver, designed, constructed and used for the transportation of passengers, their baggage and light express.
"Courtesy vehicles" means vehicles provided by hotels, motels, operators of off-airport parking facilities, or others to pick up at or deliver their guests to McCarran International Airport, at no direct charge to customers.
"Department of aviation" means duly employed personnel of Clark County, Nevada in the administration, operation, supervision and protection of the airport.
"Director of aviation" means that person appointed in accordance with Section 20.02.030 of this code as the executive head of the department of aviation or his duly authorized representative.
"Driver" means every person who drives, operates or is in actual physical control of a vehicle or motor vehicle.
"Electronic waybill" means TNC driver's document containing, but not limited to, the TNC unique identifier number, TNC driver's name and photograph, TNC vehicle license plate and photograph, as well as the name of the requesting party and location of pickup for the current or most recent passenger.
"Ground transportation company" means a person, company, corporation or other business entity operating a transportation system by motor vehicle for the purpose of carriage of person, which is authorized to provide such services by an appropriate authorizing authority, and which has executed an operating agreement and/or permit with Clark County to provide such services at the airport. This definition includes, but is not limited to, corporations or other business entities operating or providing taxis, buses, limousines, rental cars, and/or courtesy vehicles. For the purposes of Chapter 20.09, this definition does not include common carriers of persons or property primarily engaged in interstate air commerce which provide ground transportation to passengers in, and as an integrated part of, interstate air transportation.
"Limousine" means a sedan style motor vehicle, except a taxicab, which has a capacity of less than nine persons, including the driver, engaged in the general transportation of persons and not operated on a regular schedule or over regular routes but excludes the vehicles commonly designated as "taxicabs," buses" or "vans."
"Motor vehicle" means every vehicle which is propelled through the use of a motorized system and a driver.
"Parking enforcement officer" means a uniformed civilian employee of the County of Clark or other person authorized by the director of aviation to enforce the nonmoving traffic regulations governing the airport.
"Passenger loading and unloading zone" means an area at the airport, designated by the director of aviation, and reserved for the exclusive use of vehicles while actually engaged in loading or unloading of passengers.
"Person" means every natural person and every firm, association, partnership, corporation, society or other organization.
"Police officer" means every officer of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department or any other person designated and authorized by the board of county commissioners to direct and make arrests.
"Supervising taxi authority" means the Transportation Services Authority as defined in NRS 706.8818.
"Taxicab"* means any motor vehicle used to transport persons for hire, having a rated seated capacity of not more than five persons, not including the driver.
"Transportation network company" and/or "TNC" means (i) an entity that uses a digital network of software application service to connect a passenger to a TNC driver who can provide transportation services to the passenger utilizing a TNC vehicle; and (ii) TNCs are not permitted to own vehicles used in their operation or to own their own fleet of vehicles; and (iii) TNC shall not include any operator holding, or required to have, an automated vehicle identification (AVI) permit, per capita agreement or other type of ground transportation agreement with county for operations at airport.
"TNC application" means the mobile application or platform developed by TNC that connects passengers with TNC drivers/TNC vehicles.
"TNC driver" means a person who (i) operates a motor vehicle that is owned, leased or otherwise authorized for use by the person; and (ii) enters into an agreement with a TNC to receive connections to potential passengers and related services from a TNC in exchange for the payment of a fee to the TNC.
"TNC vehicle" means the personal vehicle registered to a TNC driver, which vehicle has passed the safety inspection as required by authority and covered by the TNCs commercial automobile liability insurance policy, TNC vehicles do not include vehicles that require a Nevada Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) number.
"Vehicle" means every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a roadway regardless of the means of propulsion, except devices moved upon stationary rails or tracks.
(Ord. 3523 § 1, 2007: Ord. 2603 § 2, 2001: Ord. 2332 § 2, 1999; Ord. 1278 § 2(A), 1991)
(Ord. No. 4334, § 1, 10-20-2015)
* For taxicab rules and regulations see Title 15.