No person shall drive or operate a taxicab in the City unless he or she has been duly licensed as hereinafter provided. Every applicant for a license as a driver of a taxicab shall make application to the Chief of Police, or his or her agent, on forms provided by the City of Elyria. Each such application shall set forth that the applicant is:
(a) A citizen of the United States and physically residing in Lorain County;
(b) Able to speak, read and write the English language; and
(c) Physically able to perform the essential job functions of driving a taxicab, and free of any and all conditions which, in the opinion of the examining physician, would render him or her unfit for the safe operation of a taxicab.
Applications shall be sworn to by the applicant.
The application form shall further contain the certificate of the Medical Director of the Health Board, or his or her designee, who shall certify, after an examination of the applicant, that the applicant is free from all conditions that would render the applicant unfit for the safe operation of a taxicab and setting forth the applicant's condition as to vision acuity, field of vision and color vision, together with a statement of any condition detected upon examination that would pose a hazard to the health and safety of the public or would prevent the applicant from driving a taxicab with safety.
All applicants submitting applications for the first time shall obtain such physician's certificate from the Medical Director of the City Health Board or his or her designee. A reasonable fee for the certificate shall be assessed to each applicant. Such fee shall be determined by the Director of Health and the Commissioner of Health.
The applicant shall file with his or her application three photographs of a closeup view, two inches by three inches in size, which shall have been taken within thirty days preceding the date of the application.
(Ord. 97-93. Passed 4-21-97.)