The application required of each applicant for a permit to drive a vehicle for hire, including a taxicab, shall be made upon such forms as are furnished by the town for that purpose and shall, among other things, require the applicant’s full name, any other name by which the person has been known, complete physical and mailing address, physical condition, physical description, full name and contact information for every former employer within the last ten years, court record, chauffeur’s license number, if applicable, any other identifying information as may be needed to conduct a state or national background check, and the identity of and contact information for the operator(s) of the vehicle-for-hire business for whom the applicant works if the applicant is not the operator or his or her own business. The application shall be signed and sworn to by the applicant and by the owner and operator in front of a state notary public. Each applicant shall appear at the office of the Police Department for the purpose of having his or her fingerprints taken and photograph made, both of which shall constitute a part of the application. Each applicant shall be required to sign a form consenting to the check of his or her criminal record and to the use of the fingerprints and other identifying information required by the NC Department of Public Safety and/or state or national repositories in order to conduct the check. The applicant must pay the fee, if any, for any background check upon submission of the application.
(Ord. passed 4-19-2011; Ord. passed 6-21-2011; Ord. passed --)