(A) (1) Every person before operating any taxicab within the town shall apply to the Tax Collector for an annual license and shall secure from the Tax Collector an annual license for the privilege of operating each taxicab. He or she shall pay for the annual license a tax in the sum required under this subchapter.
(2) The license shall be valid from July 1 of each year to June 30 of the following year.
(1988 Code, § 21-6)
(B) No person shall drive any taxicab carrying passengers for hire from place to place within the town or between town and unincorporated places within 5 miles of the town unless that person shall first have applied to and secured from the Town Manager a permit to operate a taxicab.
(1988 Code, § 21-7)
(C) The application for a permit to operate a taxicab shall be made upon blanks furnished by the town for the purpose and shall state the name, address, physical condition, physical description, former employers, court record and license number. The application shall be signed and sworn to by the applicant. The applicant shall further appear at the Police Department for the purpose of having his or her fingerprints taken, the impression of which shall constitute a part of his or her application. The applicant shall also furnish a photograph of himself or herself made within 30 days of his or her application. The dimensions of the photograph shall be 2-1/2 inches by 2-1/2 inches or 3 inches by 3 inches, full face; and this photograph shall be a part of his or her application.
(1988 Code, § 21-8)
Statutory references:
Municipal authority to license and regulate operators of taxicabs who operate within a city or
between a city and unincorporated places within 5 miles of a city, see G.S. § 20-37
Privilege license tax imposed on taxi operators, see G.S. §§ 160A-211, 20-97