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(a) Each applicant for a driver's license under the provisions of this chapter shall be examined by a person designated by the Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses as to his or her knowledge of the provisions of this chapter, the City Traffic Code, and the geography of the City. Each applicant must, if required by the Commissioner, demonstrate his or her skill and ability to safety handle his or her vehicle, by driving it through a crowded section of the City, accompanied by a City inspector. If the result of any examination is unsatisfactory, the applicant shall be refused a license.
(b) The Commissioner is authorized to require an applicant subject to an unsatisfactory examination in division (a) of this section to attend remedial driver education courses approved by the Commissioner before such applicant may again apply for a license.
(c) The Commissioner is authorized to develop and implement a continuing education program and require the attendance of drivers and owners as a condition of licensure. Program requirements developed under this section shall be promulgated by regulation and published in the City Record. Notice of attendance requirements to drivers and owners shall be served by United States mail, first class, to the address of record for the licensee.
(Ord. No. 598-13. Passed 5-20-13, eff. 5-23-13)
Upon satisfactory fulfillment of the foregoing requirements, there shall be issued to the applicant a license, which shall be in such form as to contain the photograph and name of the licensee. Any licensee who defaces, removes or obliterates any official entry made upon his or her license, shall be punished by revocation of his or her license. Drivers’ licenses shall be issued as of December 1 in each and every year, and shall be valid to and including November 30 next succeeding, unless previously revoked.
(Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
Except when an extraordinary public emergency arises affecting transportation of the public upon the streets within the City, such temporary permits when issued shall be upon such terms and conditions as the Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses shall provide, but such temporary permit shall in no event be granted for a longer period than fifteen (15) days, and may be renewable for similar periods, as necessary, only upon the written recommendation of the Commissioner made to Council, and approved by it.
The fee for such temporary permit shall be sixty dollars ($60.00) for the driver and seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for the hack or vehicle.
(Ord. No. 598-13. Passed 5-20-13, eff. 5-23-13)
The Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses shall issue a license certificate bearing the photograph of the licensee, to each person licensed as the driver of a public hack. Such license certificate must, under penalty of suspension or revocation of the license, be conspicuously displayed at all times in the vehicle operated by such licensee and in the manner required by the Commissioner. The certificate shall be of such form and design as the Commissioner prescribes.
(Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
All renewals of drivers’ licenses shall be in accordance with the procedure prescribed by the Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses.
No driver’s license shall be renewed under this chapter unless the applicant has first paid all parking infraction judgments and default judgments and all notices of liability under Section 413.031 for red light or speeding violations, provided that the notices of liability under Section 413.031 are not on appeal, that are owed by applicant.
(Ord. No. 645-06, § 2. Passed 6-12-06, eff. 6-16-06)
A driver’s license may be suspended or revoked at any time by the Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses upon his or her own initiative or upon the recommendation of the Chief of Police. Before suspending or revoking such license the Commissioner shall afford the licensee the opportunity of a hearing upon the charges. The licensee may appeal from such order in the manner provided by Section 403.09. A second suspension for the same reason or, in any case a third suspension of a driver’s license shall operate as a revocation of such license. No driver whose license has been revoked shall again be licensed as a public hack driver in the City unless upon the presentation of reasons satisfactory to the Commissioner. The Commissioner shall notify the Police Division of all suspensions or revocations of drivers’ licenses.
(Ord. No. 1684-76. Passed 6-29-76, eff. 7-6-76)
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