(a) Age requirement. No person under the age of 18 years shall be permitted to operate any taxicab or limousine on any street of the City.
(b) License required. Persons operating a taxicab or limousine within the city shall hold a valid, current Public Passenger Chauffeur's License issued by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles of the State of Indiana.
(c) Application procedure. Each licensee shall submit an application for each driver who will operate a taxicab or limousine within the Carmel City limits to the Controller. The written information contained in said application shall include the following:
(1) Name, address and date of birth of the driver;
(2) Whether or not the driver has been convicted of any felony, the offense of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, or reckless driving, domestic abuse and/or if the driver's license has ever been revoked, suspended, canceled or seized by any State agency.
(3) A copy of the applicant driver's limited criminal history, which the applicant/driver shall obtain from the Indiana State Police Department.
(4) A copy of the applicant drivers', Indiana driving record abstract, which the applicant/driver shall obtain from the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles.
(5) Such other information as the Controller shall deem necessary.
(6) All applications shall be transmitted by the Controller to the Carmel Police Department for review.
(7) The Controller shall be entitled to collect a fee of $25 for each approved driver's license application submitted.
(d) Display of license. Each driver licensed by the City shall display his license in his taxicab or limousine in a prominent place located on the dash board.
(e) Licensing procedure. Each applicant for a taxicab or limousine driver's license shall submit an application to the Controller, along with all required fees and other required items. The Controller shall be empowered to determine, regarding driver's license applicants, whether or not a license shall be issued to an applicant. If the driver's license applicant wishes to appeal a denial of license he may do so to the Board of Public Works.
(`91 Code, § 4-53) (Ord. D-512, § VIII, 5-4-87; Ord. D-1035, 12-6-93; Ord. D-2317-16, § 14, 9-19-16; Ord. D-2505-19, 12-16-19)