(A) Contents, verification and filing. Each application for a permit shall be on a form prescribed by the town and shall contain the applicant's name, address, photograph, age, weight, height, race, color of hair and eyes, fingerprints, prospective employer, previous employer, number of his valid driver's license and such other information as may be required to determine whether or not the permit applied for should be issued. Each application shall be verified by the applicant and shall be filed with the Chief of Police or his designee.
(B) Fingerprints and photograph.
(1) Upon filing of an application for a permit, the applicant shall avail himself to the Chief of Police or his designee for the taking of fingerprints. Two 3½-inch by 5-inch current color photographs of the applicant's upper torso (head and shoulders) shall accompany the application for a permit and in no case shall an application be processed without these photographs.
(2) A certified check made payable to the North Carolina Department of Justice in an amount equal to the fees charged by the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for fingerprint investigations shall accompany each application. These fees are nonrefundable.
(3) In the event that an applicant for a taxicab driver's permit in the town of Kill Devil Hills is currently licensed for taxicab operation in another local municipality and further in the event that the licensing requirements in that municipality are similar to Kill Devil Hills' needs, then duplication of fingerprint investigation will not be necessary. The applicant shall request the municipality in which he is licensed to forward by confidential mail a certified, true copy of his or her fingerprint investigations to the Kill Devil Hills Chief of Police or his designee. The applicant shall be responsible for any fees charged by the licensing municipality for these copies.
(4) The fingerprints and photographs shall constitute a part of such application.
(C) Application fee. There is hereby established a nonrefundable charge in accordance with the town's current fee schedule for each application for a permit, which is for the purpose of helping to defray the expenses involved in checking the application and services rendered by town personnel.
(D) False statements. Any false statement of material fact made in an application for a permit shall invalidate the permit issued thereon and such permit shall be immediately revoked by the Chief of Police or his designee.
(Ord. 93-14, passed 12-13-93; Am. Ord. 95-08, passed 7-10-95)