Application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the operation of taxicabs shall be in writing, signed and sworn to by the applicant and shall be filed with the City Manager, or person designated by the City Manager. The application shall be on a form provided by the City Manager, or person designated by the City Manager, and shall contain at least the following:
(A) The name, date of birth and address of the applicant; if a partnership, the name, date of birth and address of each partner; if a corporation, its name, date and place of incorporation, the address of its principal place of business, the names and addresses of all officers and directors and a certified copy of its permit to do business in the state; the trade name under which the applicant does or proposes to do business.
(B) The address of each place of business from which the applicant proposes to operate.
(C) Whether or not the applicant, or any partner or any officer or director in the organization, if a corporation, of the applicant has been finally convicted of any felony or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude.
(D) Whether or not the applicant, or any partner or any officer or director in the organization, if a corporation, of the applicant, has any suit filed against him/her or it or judgment based upon an unpaid debt or negligent operation of a motor vehicle.
(E) A financial statement showing the assets, properties and capital of the applicant.
(F) The nature and character of the service that the applicant proposes to render, the facts showing the demand for the service, the experience that the applicant has had in rendering the service and the period of time that he/she has rendered the service.
(G) The proposed fares, rates and charges and operating procedures of the applicant.
(H) A list of all drivers who will operate by authority of the certificate, to be updated as new drivers are added, and a certification signed by the applicant that each driver has a current Texas driver's license, is physically fit to chauffeur passengers, is able to communicate in the English language, is not addicted to drugs or intoxicating liquors so as to render him/her unfit to perform the duties of a driver and is a person of good moral character.
(I) A description of the proposed insignia and color scheme for the taxicabs and description of any distinctive item of apparel to be worn by the service's drivers.
(J) A letter from a duly authorized agent of applicant's insurance carrier, stating that the insurance required by law for a motor vehicle is available to applicant and that the coverage is or will be provided prior to the issuance of the certificate.
('78 Code, § 18-54) (Ord. 754, passed 9-14-87)