(a) In order to qualify for a license, whether upon initial application or upon application for renewal of a license:
(1) an applicant shall be in compliance with all applicable City, State of Illinois and federal laws;
(2) an individual applicant or officers of the applicant, as specified in Section 9-110-050, must be at least 18 years of age; and
(3) an applicant shall have a place of business in the City of Chicago:
(i) with respect to any corporate applicant, the company shall be organized or qualified to do business under the laws of the State of Illinois and have a place of business in the City of Chicago; or
(ii) with respect to a partnership applicant, the partnership shall have a place of business in the City of Chicago; or
(iii) with respect to any applicant other than a company or partnership, the applicant shall reside and be domiciled in the City of Chicago.
(4) an applicant does not owe debt to the City as the term "debt" is defined in Section 4-4-150 of this Code.
(b) In determining whether an applicant is qualified for a license, or the renewal thereof, the Commissioner shall take into consideration:
(1) The character and reputation of the applicant or its members, officers or directors, including, if applicable, the disciplinary record of the applicant in the operation of his pedicab and the disciplinary record of the applicant, or of any officer or director of a corporate applicant, as a City licensee;
(2) The applicant's financial ability to render lawful, safe, suitable and comfortable service and to maintain or replace the equipment for such service;
(3) The applicant's ability to maintain mandated insurance, including, but not limited to, liability insurance and worker's compensation insurance as required by state law for the payment of personal injury, death, property damage, or other insurable claims; and
(4) The applicant's financial ability to pay all judgments and awards which may be rendered for any cause arising out of the operation of a pedicab.
(c) No applicant is eligible for a license if: (1) any pedicab license held by the applicant, by any officer or director of a corporate applicant or partner of a partnership applicant (i) has been revoked within the previous three years, or (ii) has been denied or rescinded within the 12-month period preceding the date of application; or (2) if the applicant, or any officer or director of a corporate applicant or partner in a partnership applicant, within the three years immediately preceding the date of his application, has been either convicted, or in custody, under parole or under any other noncustodial supervision resulting from a conviction in a court of any jurisdiction for the commission of any felony as defined by Article 2 of the Illinois Criminal Code of 2012, codified at 720 ILCS 5/2-0.5 et seq., or its equivalent under federal or other jurisdictional law. Provided, however, that this subsection (c) shall not apply to any conviction for a minor cannabis offense, as defined in Section 4-4-005.
In the case of a company licensee, if any officer, member, shareholder or director of the licensee is convicted of a felony, the licensee shall sever its relationship with any such officer, shareholder or director immediately upon such conviction or any license issued to such company licensee shall be subject to revocation pursuant to Section 9-110-170.
(d) Eligibility for issuance of any license under this chapter shall be a continuing requirement for maintaining such license.
(Added Coun. J. 4-30-14, p. 80633, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 1-27-21, p. 26741, Art. II, § 11; Amend Coun. J. 6-25-21, p. 31925, Art. VI, § 5)