Every person driving a public hack must be licensed as such, and each applicant for a taxicab driver's license must:
(a) Be eighteen years of age or over and a bona fide resident of the County for thirty days next preceding the date of such application;
(Adopting Ordinance)
(b) Be of sound physique, with good eyesight and not subject to epilepsy, vertigo, heart trouble or any other infirmity of body or mind which might render him or her unfit for the safe operation of a public vehicle;
(c) Be able to read and write the English language;
(d) Be clean in dress and person and not be addicted to the use of intoxicating liquors or drugs;
(e) Produce, on forms to be provided by the Police Chief, two character references of persons not related to the applicant; and
(f) Fill out, upon a blank form to be provided by the Police Chief, a statement giving his or her full name, residence, places of residence for five years previous to moving to his or her present address, age, color, height, color of eyes and hair, place of birth, length of time he or she has resided in the City, whether or not he or she is a citizen of the United States, places of previous employment, whether he or she is married or single, whether he or she has ever been arrested or convicted of a felony or misdemeanor, whether he or she has ever been summoned to court, and whether or not he or she has previously been licensed as a driver or chauffeur, and if so, whether his or her license has ever been revoked, and for what cause, which statement shall be signed and sworn to by the applicant and filed with the Police Chief as a permanent record. Any false statement made by the applicant for a license shall be promptly reported by the Police Chief to the Director of Law. The Police Chief as a permanent record. Any false statement made by the applicant for a license shall be promptly reported by the Police Chief to the Director of Law. The Police Chief is authorized and empowered to established such additional rules and regulations, covering the issuance of taxicab drivers' licenses, not inconsistent herewith, as may be necessary and reasonable.
(Ord. 10505. Passed 12-6-54.)