"Automobile for hire" means and includes every motor vehicle of private appearance which is operated and hired from a public or private garage only, and the destination and route of which are under the control of the passengers being carried therein, for a compensation which is fixed in accordance with the distance traveled, waiting time, or both.

The term "automobile for hire" shall not include limousines, or taxicabs subject to regulation under Chapter 14.17. (Ord. 2217 NCS §2 (part), 2005.)