(a) In order to qualify for a transportation network provider 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 applicant shall have a place of business in the City of Chicago:
(i) with respect to any corporate or limited liability company 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 any partnership applicant, the partnership shall have a place of business in the City of Chicago; or
(iii) with respect to any individual applicant, the applicant shall reside and be domiciled in the City of Chicago.
(3) 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 transportation network provider 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, or of any officer or director of a corporate applicant, as a City license holder;
(2) The applicant's ability to provide lawful, safe, suitable and comfortable service; the applicant's ability to engage qualified transportation network drivers and eligible transportation network vehicles; and the applicant's ability to provide service to customers with disabilities;
(3) The applicant's ability to maintain mandated insurance; 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 transportation network provider business.
(c) No applicant is eligible for a license if: (1) any transportation network provider license held by the applicant, or by any officer or director of a corporate applicant or partner of a partnership applicant or manager or managing member of a limited liability company applicant, has been revoked within the previous three years, or has been denied or rescinded within the 12-month period preceding the date of application; or (2) if the applicant, or any officer or director of a corporate applicant or partner in a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, any conviction for a minor cannabis offense, as defined in Section 4-4-005, shall not disqualify an applicant.
(d) Eligibility for issuance of any license under this chapter shall be a continuing requirement for maintaining such license.
(Added Coun. J. 5-28-14, p. 82771, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 1-27-21, p. 26741, Art. II, § 14; Amend Coun. J. 6-25-21, p. 31925, Art. VI, § 8)