A. Upon application for a driver's permit, and before it shall be issued, the driver, whether the owner or otherwise, must evidence a proficient knowledge of the traffic laws of the city and the state, and demonstrate his ability to operate a taxicab, all to the satisfaction of the chief of police.
B. Upon satisfying the requirements of subsection A of this section, the driver shall be fingerprinted by, and his record filed in the police department bureau of identification. The driver shall also file with his application two recent photographs (size one and one-half by one and one-half inches), one to be filed with his application and one to be permanently attached to his driver's permit when issued, which permit shall be posted in a place conspicuous from the passenger's compartment of the taxicab while said driver is operating same. Every driver's permit issued under the provisions of this chapter shall set forth the name of the owner for which the driver is authorized to operate a taxi- cab, and shall be valid only so long as he continues in the employ of such owner. Upon the termination of such employment, the driver shall forthwith surrender his driver's permit to the city clerk. No such driver's permit shall be granted to any person under the age of eighteen years. Such driver's permit may be denied upon the substantial evidence of facts of either physical or moral deficiencies of the applicant, which in the sound discretion of the city council would render such applicant not a competent person to operate a taxicab.
C. No driver's permit issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be transferrable in any event.
D. All drivers employed by any given owner while on duty shall wear a distinctive cap, and a badge bearing the driver's number. Only such caps and badges shall be worn as have been approved by the chief of police for use by drivers employed by a particular owner. Badges shall be worn in a conspicuous position.
E. Upon the termination of the employment of the driver, the owner for whom such driver has been working shall immediately give the city clerk written notice of such termination.
(Ord. 361 § 1, 1980; Ord. 108 § 7, 1953).