(A) No person shall drive or operate a taxicab unless they shall have a valid operator's license, and no person shall drive or operate a taxicab unless duly authorized as hereinafter provided.
(Ord. 16-93, passed 3-8-93)
(B) Every applicant for a license as a driver of a taxicab shall make application to the Director on forms prescribed by the Director. Each such application shall set forth that the applicant is:
(1) A citizen of the United States;
(2) Able to speak, read, and write the English language;
(3) 18 years of age or over;
(4) Free of defective vision, defective hearing, and any other infirmity, physical or mental, which in the opinion of the Director would render the applicant unfit for the safe operation of a taxicab;
(5) Not addicted to the use of alcohol or drugs; or
(6) Such other pertinent information as the Director may require.
(C) The application shall be sworn to by the applicant. The application form shall be accompanied by a certificate of a reputable physician of the city who shall certify after examination of the applicant, that the applicant is free from each and every infirmity mentioned in division (B)(4) or any other infirmity detected upon examination which would prevent the applicant from driving a taxicab with safety to the public. The physician certification shall set forth the applicant's condition as to visual acuity, field vision, and color vision.
(`63 Code, § 745.12) (Ord. 31-62, passed 6-18-62) Penalty, see § 115.99