No tow truck operator's license shall be issued or renewed if the applicant has been convicted of any of the following offenses:
(a) Manslaughter, or negligent homicide, resulting from operating a motor vehicle;
(b) Driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or a drug of abuse. Any conviction under this subsection shall not bar the issuance of a license, if the conviction occurred more than five years prior to the date of application.
(c) Any felony in the commission of which a motor vehicle was used;
(d) Failure to stop and render aid, or leaving the scene of an accident as specified by the laws of the State;
(e) Perjury or false swearing in making any statement under oath in connection with his or her application for the driver's license or tow truck operator's license;
(f) Conviction or forfeiture of bail, not vacated, upon three charges of laws of this State within a period of twelve months;
(g) Conviction of the violation of any law involving violence, theft or any form of stealing, or any crime involving moral turpitude that is reasonably related to the license referred to herein, within five years preceding the filing of the application for such license;
(h) Repeated violations of City ordinances, which affect the safety of human life or limb on the streets of the City;
(i) Possession by a tow truck driver, within his or her tow truck, of opened or unopened beer, whiskey or wine, or drugs of abuse, or stolen goods, or any contraband property of any kind; or
(j) Conviction of any part of this chapter within five years prior to the date of filing.
(Ord. 69-1982. Passed 4-5-82.)