(A) Every driver of a vehicle for hire shall possess a valid Iowa driving license in accordance with Iowa Code § 321.241. A vehicle for hire company permitted under this chapter shall not allow any person to drive any of its permitted vehicles if any of the following apply to the driver:
(1) The person is restricted to operating motor vehicles equipped with an ignition interlock device.
(2) The person's driving privileges have been suspended, revoked, barred, canceled, denied, or disqualified in the prior three-year period.
(3) The person has been convicted of more than three moving violations in the prior three-year period.
(4) The person has been convicted of violating Iowa Code §§ 321.218, 321.277, or 321J.21, or § 321A.32, subsection 1, in the prior three-year period.
(5) The person has been convicted in the prior seven-year period of a felony, of violating Iowa Code §§ 321J.2 or 321J.2A, or of any crime involving resisting law enforcement, dishonesty, injury to another person, damage to the property of another person, or operating a vehicle in a manner that endangers another person.
(6) The person is registered on the national sex offender registry.
(B) The City Administrator or designee shall have the authority to suspend or revoke a vehicle for hire driver's license to operate a vehicle for hire under this chapter if the driver commits an act or acts which would be grounds for a denial of a driver's license under Iowa Code § 321.241, or operating a vehicle for hire while a vehicle for hire driver's license or state motor vehicle license is under suspension. The revocation shall be effective for a period not exceeding one year. The City Administrator or designee shall notify the person in writing by certified mail, or other means as provided by the Code of Iowa, of the revocation, time period of revocation, to surrender his or her license to the City Clerk, reason for revocation and right to appeal. At the conclusion of a revocation period, the person may reapply for a vehicle for hire driver's license.
(C) A person may appeal a suspension or revocation of a vehicle for hire driver's license to the Board of Appeals within ten days of the date of the written notice. The City Clerk shall notify the driver in writing by certified mail of the decision of the Board of Appeals. The decision of the Board of Appeals is final. The suspension or revocation becomes effective ten days after the notice if no appeal is requested.
(Ord. 2561, passed 1-9-2018) Penalty, see § 114.99