(A) Any entity desiring to operate one or more taxicabs within the city shall file an application under oath for a permit with the clerk of the Board of Public Works and Safety and shall furnish the following information:
(1) Applicant's name, including any assumed business name.
(2) The name, Social Security number, and residence address of each person owning more than a 5% ownership in applicant or the proposed business.
(3) Applicant's proposed business location, mailing address, and business phone number and if different, the telephone number which will be used by customers to contact the business for service.
(4) The make, model, color scheme, vehicle identification number, title number, and Indiana state license plate number for each vehicle for which a taxicab permit is being applied for.
(5) The type and extent of communication equipment which applicant intends to own or lease for use in the proposed business.
(6) Applicant's express recital of intent to purchase insurance conforming to the insurance requirements of this chapter.
(7) Applicant's intention with regard to hours when taxicab service will not be available in each day of the calendar year.
(8) Each applicant shall, in and by virtue of the fact of application, consent to the furnishing and release and inspection of records of work and/or criminal history, including but not limited to such criminal history as is available to be provided pursuant to IC 5-2-5 (criminal history information), and any amendments, and any successor provisions, thereto.
(9) The full name, Social Security number and home phone number of the person signing the application.
(10) Such other information as the Board may reasonably require, either as a part of, or a supplement to, the initial application filing.
(B) An applicant will be required to authorize, consent in writing, and submit to drug and/or alcohol screening, with such follow- up testing as Board may reasonably require. Any applicant who fails the screen or follow-up testing will not be licensed under this chapter and may not reapply for a minimum of 90 days from the date that the sample which was used in the testing, and failed, was taken.
(Ord. 13-C-92, passed 6-9-92)