(A) No person may conduct the business of operating a motor vehicle carrying passengers for hire within the town or between the town and points not incorporated within a radius of five miles of the town until such person has been issued a privilege license from the town.
(B) A privilege license for the business of operating one or more motor vehicles carrying passengers for hire shall be issued subject to the following.
(1) The privilege license shall not be issued or renewed until the Taxicab Administrator has certified that the applicant has in effect a valid certificate of convenience and necessity issued pursuant to § 111.03 of this chapter and that all drivers of all taxicabs have in effect valid operator’s permits issued pursuant to § 111.04 of this chapter.
(2) In accordance with G.S. § 20-97(d), the applicant for a privilege license to operate a taxicab business shall pay the sum of $15 upon each vehicle operated as a taxicab.