No driver's license shall be issued if the applicant has been convicted of any of the following offenses:
(a) Manslaughter, or negligent homicide, resulting from the operating of a motor vehicle;
(b) Driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquors or drugs. Any conviction under this subsection shall not be a bar to the issuance of a license if the conviction occurred more than five (5) years prior to the date of application; or upon a recommendation of the Commissioner more than three (3) years from the date of application for a license;
(c) Any felony in the commission of which a motor vehicle was used;
(d) Failure to stop and render aid as required under the laws of this State, or leaving the scene of an accident as specified by the laws of this State;
(e) Perjury or false swearing in making any statement under oath in connection with his or her application for driver's license;
(f) Conviction, or forfeiture of bail, not vacated, upon three (3) charges of a violation of the motor vehicle laws of this state that are classified or determined by the Commissioner to be moving violations, within the most recent twelve (12) month period;
(g) Conviction of the violation of any law involving violence, theft or any form of stealing, or any crime involving moral turpitude that is reasonably related to the license referred to herein, within five (5) years preceding the filing of the application for such license;
(h) Repeated violations of the City ordinances, which affect the safety of human life or limb on the streets of the City;
(i) Possession by a taxicab operator within his or her taxicab of opened or unopened beer, whiskey or wine, or of drugs or other stimulants not specifically prescribed for him or her by a medical doctor for his or her private use, or of gambling equipment or paraphernalia, stolen goods or any contraband property of any kind.
(Ord. No. 598-13. Passed 5-20-13, eff. 5-23-13)