(a) No person, firm or corporation shall engage in the business of operating one or more taxicabs within the City without first obtaining and at all times maintaining in full force and effect, a taxicab operator's license for each taxicab so operated.
(b) Application shall be made for a taxicab operator's license by filing the same with the Finance Director by any person, partnership, corporation or receiver for any of the aforementioned desiring to engage in the business of operating one or more taxicabs with the City. Each applicant, except corporations, and if a partnership, each partner, shall possess the following qualifications:
(1) He shall be twenty-one years of age, able to speak and read the English language; and
(2) He shall be of good moral character, which qualifications shall be supported by the affidavits of two reputable residents of Moraine.
(c) Application for an operator's license shall be denied if the provisions enumerated in Section 751.02 have not been met with relation thereto. An operator's license may be denied to any applicant who has been convicted of a felonious offense under state or Federal law. The license shall be denied in the event of a conviction of the applicant or any employee of the applicant of any offense involving gambling, illegal traffic in intoxicating liquor, or in narcotics, or against public morals. However, for a conviction of such offenses by an employee, the application may be processed upon the applicant's furnishing satisfactory evidence that such employee has been dismissed from the applicant's employment. By and with the approval of the Police Department, an operator's license may be denied to anyone who has been convicted of knowingly transporting or assisting in the transportation of persons engaged in either illegal liquor or narcotic traffic or in prostitution. When the applicant is a corporation, it shall be a corporation duly authorized to do business under the laws of the State of Ohio for the purpose of engaging in the business of operating taxicabs. Each applicant shall, if an individual, present himself in person, if a partnership, by one partner, if a corporation, by its president or general manager, to the Chief of Police for an examination as to his qualifications and shall answer fully and truly all questions addressed to him tending to disclose whether or not the applicant possesses the above-named qualifications. Upon a satisfactory finding thereof by the Chief of Police and a recommendation by him, if such certificate of convenience and necessity is issued by the Board and all other qualifications met by the applicant, the Finance Director shall issue the license as applied for. The qualifications required above for individual applicants shall likewise be met and complied with by each partner in the case of a partnership and by principal officers of a corporation, including the president, vice president, secretary and treasurer, and the managing officer or superintendent. Such operator's licenses shall be transferred upon application duly filed with the Finance Director by the person, firm or corporation to whom it is proposed to transfer a license, provided such person, firm or corporation shall meet and comply with all the requirements as set forth herein.
(d) Such application shall be accompanied by an affidavit or other suitable evidence in writing from the person, firm or corporation holding such license indicating his agreement to such transfer. (Ord. 390. Passed 6-20-73.)