No taxicab vehicle may be operated in the village unless the person who owns and operates or drives the taxicab shall have first obtained a taxicab vehicle license issued in accordance with this chapter. Every such owner shall comply with the following licensing requirements:
(A) Contents Of Application: Each taxicab vehicle license applicant shall submit in writing to the clerk an application that includes the following information:
1. A full description of the motor vehicle for which the license is desired, including the make, model and vehicle identification number and the state license number;
2. The length of time the vehicle has been in use, the number of persons it is capable of carrying;
3. Any other information that the mayor or the village clerk may require.
(B) License Fees: Each applicant shall submit the annual fee of three hundred dollars ($300.00) to the village clerk at the time of submitting the application. This annual license fee shall be paid for each and every taxicab which shall operate upon the streets of the village. Such license fee shall be in lieu of the regular annual vehicle sticker fees charged by the village for motor vehicles housed in the village as heretofore established.
(C) Renewal: Each licensee shall annually pay the license fee in full for each taxicab vehicle license before November 1 of each year.
(D) Penalty: If licensee does not renew his/her license and pay the annual license fee before November 1 the licensee will incur a penalty of one hundred percent (100%) of the annual license fee, in addition to the annual license fee.
(E) Verification Of State Registration: Such application shall thereupon be referred by the village clerk to the chief of police who shall verify that the taxicab is properly registered with the state of Illinois. Upon approval of the chief of police of the application, he shall so endorse the application and file same with the village clerk, who shall, upon payment of the required fee, issue the license.
(F) Issuance Of License: Upon approval of the chief of police, payment of the fee, and verification that the applicant has complied with all requirements of this chapter, the village clerk shall issue the license.
(G) Term Of License: Such licenses shall be issued annually on November 1 in each and every year and shall be valid for one year to and including October 31 next succeeding year unless sooner suspended or revoked. (Ord. 10-1337, 9-2-2010)