Any person desiring to secure a license as driver of any public vehicle licensed hereunder and used for the carrying of passengers for hire or reward shall make application in writing therefor to the village clerk. Such application shall include the following information:
(A) Personal Information: The name of the applicant, his residence and occupation.
(B) Investigation/Approval: Said application shall be referred by the village clerk to the chief of police who shall then verify that the driver is properly licensed by the state of Illinois. Upon the chief of police's approval of the application, he shall so endorse the application and return same to the village clerk who shall, upon payment of the fee prescribed herein, issue the license.
(C) License Fee: The annual fee for taxicab driver's licenses shall be ten dollars ($10.00).
(D) Term: Taxicab driver's licenses shall be issued as of November 1 in each and every year and shall be valid to and including October 31 of the next succeeding year.
(E) Renewal: Each licensee shall annually pay the license fee in full for each taxicab driver's license before November 1 of each year.
(F) 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. (Ord. 10-1337, 9-2-2010)