(A) Age requirement. No person under the age of 18 years, shall be permitted to operate, by any licensee, any taxicab on any street of the city.
(B) License required. All drivers shall be licensed in conformance with the division and state statute. It shall be a violation for any licensee to permit an unlicensed driver to operate a cab within the city limits.
(C) Application procedure. Each licensee shall submit an application for each driver who will operate a taxicab within the city limits, on a written form, provided by the Office of the Clerk-Treasurer. The written information contained in the application shall include the following:
(1) Name, address and age, social security number and date of birth of the driver;
(2) Whether or not the driver has been convicted of any felony, the offense of operating a motor while intoxicated, or reckless driving, and/or if the driver’s license has ever been revoked, suspended, canceled or seized by any state agency;
(3) Copies of the applicant’s, and each of the applicant’s drivers’, limited criminal history, which the applicant/driver shall obtain from the Indiana State Police Department;
(4) Copies of the applicant’s, and each of the applicants’ drivers’, Indiana driving record abstract, which the applicant/driver shall obtain from the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles; and
(5) Such other information as the Clerk-Treasurer shall deem necessary.
(6) All applications shall be transmitted by the Clerk-Treasurer to the Monticello Police Department for review.
(7) That the Clerk-Treasurer shall be entitled to collect a fee of $25 for each approved driver’s license application submitted.
(D) Display of license. Each driver, licensed by the city shall display in his or her cab, during those hours in which he or she is operating the cab, his or her license in a prominent place located on the dash board of the cab.
(E) Appearance standards. Every licensed driver shall be hygienically and well groomed, and neat in appearance and suitably dressed.
(F) Licensing procedure.
(1) Each applicant for a taxicab or driver’s license shall submit an application to the Clerk-Treasurer, along with all required fees and other required items. The application shall require the applicant to obtain and attach thereto a copy of the applicant’s limited criminal history, which application shall obtain from the Indiana State Police Department. The Clerk-Treasurer shall forward the application and its attachments to the Monticello Police Department for review.
(2) The Clerk-Treasurer shall be empowered to determine, regarding drivers license applicants, whether or not a license shall be issued to an applicant.
(Ord. 2010-11, passed 8-16-10) Penalty, see § 111.99