Any person desiring to operate a taxicab service shall, before undertaking to do so, file with the Bedford Police Department a written, signed application for a license, sworn to by the applicant. This application shall show the following information.
(A) The name of the person, partnership, firm or corporation desiring the license. If a firm, the full names of each of the partners thereof.
(B) The place of residence and principal place of business of the applicant.
(C) A statement that the applicant intends to and will, if issued a license to do so, operate the taxicabs as shall be necessary in that service; and that he or she owns and is the sole owner of the described taxicabs and intends to and will operate the taxicabs in that service 24 hours each day.
(D) The age, sex, and the residence of each person who will drive a taxicab for the applicant.
(E) The make, model and serial number of each vehicle for which a license is applied.
(F) The location and address of the office of the applicant.
(G) In addition to providing an application properly executed, each applicant for a taxicab license shall present a certificate of inspection, to be provided by the Bedford Police Department, certifying that each of the applicant’s vehicles to be operated as a taxicab was inspected by the Police Department and found to meet the following requirements:
(1) It is in a good state of mechanical repair;
(2) It is equipped with safe tires;
(3) It is equipped with any additional necessary safety devices such as hand brakes, rearview mirror, turn signals, safety glass, horns and the like;
(4) It is in a clean and sanitary condition;
(5) The seats and interior are in a good state of repair so as not to cause injury or damage to any passenger or his or her property;
(6) It is equipped with two-way radio communication system in good operating condition or has an operating cellular phone on board;
(7) It is clearly identified on the vehicle’s exterior that it is a taxicab and the markings must be of reflective material and must be clearly visible from the front, rear, left and right sides of the vehicle; and
(8) The exterior of none of the vehicles is painted entirely red.
(Ord. 14-2004, passed 5-11-04) Penalty, see § 112.99