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(A) The Town Council shall set aside, near the place of business of the taxicab operator, not to exceed one parking space for each taxicab upon which a license fee of $10 has been paid, and hold such spaces open as a cab stand. Such cab stands shall not be subject to parking meter charges but the operator shall pay the sum of $25 per year for each cab stand.
(B) Any person, persons, firm, or corporation desiring to operate a taxicab service without the reservation of parking spaces and not subject to freedom from the conditions of the town parking meter regulations shall pay a license fee of $35 for each and every taxicab. Each cab shall in all respects be subject to the conditions of any parking meter regulations of the town.
(A) The Town Council of the town may suspend or revoke the license issued to and for any taxicab or taxicabs for the violation of this chapter, whether or not any criminal prosecution of the licensee is pending, upon proof and hearing thereof.
(B) Any license issued to any owner or owners, operator or operators under the terms and conditions of this chapter may be revoked or indefinitely suspended by the Town Council, upon failure of the owner, owners, operator, or operators to operate a taxicab or taxicabs in compliance with the terms of this chapter and the laws of the state. However, the owner or owners, operator or operators of each taxicab shall be given five day's written notice of the violation, and upon hearing and proof thereof the license for the taxicab or taxicabs may be suspended for a definite period or revoked.
TAXICAB DRIVERS
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a taxicab as a driver hereof within the town, without first having secured a license so to do from the town. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a taxicab as a driver thereof without having on his person a taxicab driver's license issued by the town.
Penalty, see § 10.99
Every person desiring to drive a taxicab in the town shall before undertaking so to do, file an application in writing for a taxicab driver's license, duly sworn by the applicant, with the Town Clerk-Treasurer, which application shall show the following:
(A) The name and present address of the applicant.
(B) The address of each place of residence of the applicant during the last two years prior to the date of the application.
(C) The place of employment, the kind of employment, and the name of each of the employers of the applicant for the last two years immediately preceding the date of the application.
(D) The applicant's experience in automobile operation.
(E) Whether or not the applicant uses intoxicating liquors.
(F) Whether or not the applicant has ever been convicted in any court for any crime or misdemeanor, and if so, the facts concerning each conviction.
(G) The applicant's state passenger chauffeur's license number.
(H) The applicant shall also at the time of filing an application for a taxicab driver's license, pay to the Clerk-Treasurer the sum of $1.50 as an annual taxicab driver's license. The license shall expire for one year after issuance unless it is revoked pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
Penalty, see § 10.99
No taxicab driver's license shall be issued to any applicant whose application shows that he has been convicted three times for the violation of any traffic law of the town or the state within the two years prior to the date of the application. Any taxicab driver's license shall be revoked upon a showing that the license was obtained by a false statement contained in the application for the license.
Notwithstanding any of the express provisions of this chapter, the Town Council may in their discretion issue a conditional license which shall, along with the regular license, be subject to immediate revocation for any period the Council may determine, upon the licensee being convicted of driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any charge involving moral turpitude.
No person, firm, or corporation licensed to operate taxicabs under this chapter shall employ any person as a taxicab driver in the town unless that taxicab driver has been duly licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
Penalty, see § 10.99