A. Generally: The city council finds, and it is hereby declared to be the policy of the city that, to protect the public health, safety, morals, good order and general welfare of the inhabitants of the city, it is necessary that the city council ascertain and keep itself informed of the identity, qualifications, prior activities and present location of all taxicab operation employees in the city, and maintain confidential records of such information; and require registration with the police department; and require the thumbprinting, fingerprinting and photographing of taxicab operation employees; and to require the chief of police to investigate the background qualification of each applicant for a taxicab operation employee work permit under this chapter, before any such work permit is granted; and to periodically investigate into legal qualifications of each applicant or holder of a work permit under this chapter, to the end that such work permit shall not be granted to or held by unqualified, disqualified or unsuitable persons.
B. Prohibited Persons: To better define the policy of the city in this chapter, the following persons may be declared to be unqualified, disqualified or unsuitable persons to be granted or to hold a taxicab operation employee work permit under the provisions of this chapter:
1. A person who within the past three (3) years has been convicted in the state or elsewhere of:
a. A felony or any crime which, under the laws of the state, is punishable as a felony;
b. Any crime in which defraud or intent to fraud was an element;
c. Larceny in any degree;
d. Buying or receiving stolen property;
e. Unlawful possession, use, selling, dispensing, exchanging, supplying, giving away or distribution of any "controlled substance", as that term is defined in the uniform controlled substance act, or any "dangerous drug", as that term is defined in Nevada Revised Statutes title 40, chapter 454, or of marijuana, or of any narcotic drug;
f. Any sex offense or crime involving moral turpitude;
g. Violation of any law, whether the same is or is not punishable as a felony, regulating or prohibiting the use, carrying, possession or ownership of any concealed weapon or deadly weapon.
2. A person under the age of eighteen (18) years.
3. A person who the chief of police determines is not a suitable person to receive a work permit under the provisions of this chapter, having due consideration for the proper protection of the public interests, health, safety, morals, good order and general welfare of the inhabitants of the city. The chief of police shall make a written statement of the reasons for disqualification of any person under this subsection in the event such disqualification is appealed to the city council. (Ord. 612, 11-25-2003)