No person shall be issued a taxi driver’s permit or a taxi business permit unless he or she passes a background investigation. A written application must be submitted to the Cookeville Police Department on forms provided for that purpose. The application shall contain such pertinent information as deemed necessary by the Cookeville Police Department. If the application is deemed to be incomplete or contains incorrect or false information, it shall be summarily denied. Applicants must meet the following qualifications:
(1) Be at least twenty-one (21) years of age at the time of application;
(2) Be a U.S. Citizen or if a resident alien, have a current work permit or other valid United States Immigration and Naturalization Service documentation;
(3) Hold a license as required in § 9-409;
(4) Be of good character and not have been convicted of, pled guilty to or entered a plea of “no contest” to a felony within the preceding ten (10) years;
(5) Is not listed on the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Sex Offender Registry;
(6) Not have been convicted of, pled guilty to or entered a plea of “no contest” for drunk driving, driving under the influence of an intoxicant or drug in the three (3) years immediately preceding the date of application for the driver’s permit;
(7) Not have more than three (3) moving traffic violation convictions within the three (3) years immediately preceding the date of application for the driver’s permit; or
(8) Not been involved in more than two (2) traffic accidents during a period of three (3) years immediately preceding the date of application for the driver’s permit. (Ord. #000-02-03, Feb. 2000 as amended by Ord. #001-02-01, Feb. 2001, and Ord. #08-05-05, May 2008, as replaced by Ord. #011-03-03, April 2011)