(A) Except for automotive technicians performing maintenance on a taxicab, no person under 21 years of age and no person other than a driver duly licensed as such under the laws of the state and having a valid city issued taxicab operator driver’s license shall operate a taxicab on any street of the city. Anyone operating a taxicab without a taxicab operator/driver’s license shall be guilty of a misdemeanor in the fourth degree.
(B) Each driver of a taxicab shall obtain from the Secretary of the Board a taxicab operator/driver’s license application and shall pay the required fee of $10. The fee shall be collected at the time such application is filed and an investigation will be concluded before the license is issued.
(1) The application will include a copy of the current state driver’s license, Social Security number and any other requested information.
(2) The application will be investigated for accuracy by the Police Department and will include a local records check.
(3) A BCI&I criminal history check must be submitted with the application; subsequent BCI&I criminal history check must be submitted annually by each taxicab operator/driver to the Secretary of the Board (Chief of Police).
(C) Applicants and current licenses must be free of any conviction for an offense of violence, as defined in R.C. § 2901.01, a felony drug conviction, a felony theft conviction, a felony sexual offense or a driving while under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol conviction per guidelines issued by the Board. Applicants must also have a good driving record.
(D) The taxicab operator/driver’s license shall be prominently displayed in the taxicab.
(E) Taxicab business licenses and operator driver’s license shall expire a December 31st of the year the license was issued.
(F) This section does not apply when riders are picked up from or delivered to points outside the city.
(G) The taxi company owner will be responsible for reporting any felony or DUI conviction of their employees. Failure to report may be grounds for the suspension of the taxicab business license.
(Prior Code, § 11.05.08) Penalty, see § 114.99