(a) No person shall drive a taxicab in this City unless duly licensed as herein provided.
(b) Every driver of a taxicab, before receiving such license, shall make application to the Service-Safety Director on forms to be supplied by the Director's office. Such application forms shall require the following information to be furnished by the applicant under oath:
(1) Photograph and fingerprints of the applicant;
(2) Citizenship and ability to read, write and speak the English language;
(3) Applicant's name, aliases, place and date of birth, social security number and addresses for the previous five years;
(4) Applicant's current Ohio auto operator's license number;
(5) Sufficient medical history of applicant to determine his ability to see and his freedom from other physical or mental disabilities (including the use of alcohol and drugs) which might impair his ability to drive;
(6) Applicant's previous criminal record, if any; and
(7) Such other information as the Service-Safety Director may require.
(c) In addition, the applicant shall be examined by the Service-Safety Director as to such applicant's knowledge of the provisions governing the operation of taxicabs and his knowledge of the City and its traffic regulations.
(d) Each application shall be accompanied by a fee of five dollars ($5.00).
(e) Upon receipt of the above, if the Service-Safety Director is satisfied that the applicant is a citizen; is at least twenty-one years of age; has a valid Ohio operator's license; is not suffering from any physical or mental disability which would impair his safe driving ability; has sufficient knowledge of the City traffic regulation; has not been convicted of homicide, kidnapping, assault, a theft offense, burglary, robbery, arson, a sex offense or an offense of violence, as defined by the Ohio Revised Code or these Codified Ordinances, within five years immediately preceding his application; and has complied with all other requirements herein set forth, the Service-Safety Director shall issue a license which shall be valid until December 31 of the year in which it is issued.
(Ord. 75-84. Passed 12-30-75.)