No person shall operate a vehicle for public transportation, as defined by this chapter, within the corporate limits of the city, and no holder of a public transportation business license shall permit it to be so driven unless the driver of the vehicle has first obtained and shall have then in force, a public transportation driver's permit issued under the provisions of this chapter.
(A) Application for public transportation driver's permit shall be filed in duplicate with the City Clerk's Office.
(B) The City Manager or his or her appointed designee of the city shall cause an investigation to be made of the facts set forth in the application. The issuance of a license shall not be approved to any person whose general reputation and responsibility or whose previous record as law violator is such as to render the applicant unfit for an occupation.
(C) If the applicant is found to be a fit and proper person to operate a public transportation vehicle according to the standards of this chapter, the City Clerk shall, upon payment of a permit fee, issue to the applicant a public transportation driver's permit.
(D) The permit shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of issuance thereof, and shall be due for renewal on the anniversary date of the issuance of the permit. The permit may be renewed by presenting to the City Clerk a renewal application and payment of the permit fee.
(E) A driver's permit maybe revoked for any of the following reasons:
(1) Upon conviction for a violation of any federal or state law involving moral turpitude;
(2) Upon conviction of failure to make full report of an accident to the Police Department within 24 hours of the time of occurrence;
(3) Upon conviction of leaving the scene of an accident;
(4) Upon conviction of operating a vehicle licensed under this chapter while under the influence of intoxicants or while under the influence of any narcotic drug, or any other drug or substance to a degree which renders him or her incapable of safely operating the vehicle;
(5) For obliterating or erasing any official entry on his or her permit;
(6) Upon conviction of a third roving traffic violation during one permit year; and
(7) Misrepresentation of any material facts by a driver in his or her application for permit.
(F) Revocation of permit is supplementary penalty to other penalties provided by law.
(G) The permit shall be conspicuously displayed in a manner that the entire card is visible and the only identification card displayed shall be the one belonging to the driver who is on duty at the time. No driver shall operate a public transportation vehicle unless his or her permit is so displayed.
(`90 Code, § 21-6) (Ord. 2723, passed 8-16-83; Am. Ord. 2904, passed 12-19-89; Am. Ord. 3022, passed 7-15-97)