Every person desiring to drive a taxicab in the city shall, before undertaking to do so, file an application in writing for a taxicab driver’s license, duly sworn by the applicant, with the City Clerk, 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 five years immediately preceding the date of the application;
(D) The applicant’s experience in automobile operation;
(E) Whether or not the applicant has ever or does use alcohol or drugs;
(F) Whether or not the applicant has ever been charged or convicted in any court for any crime or misdemeanor and, if so, the facts and details concerning each conviction;
(G) The applicant’s state driver’s license number;
(H) The applicant shall also at the time of filing an application for a taxicab driver’s license, pay to the City Clerk the sum of $15 as fee for an annual taxicab driver’s license. The license shall expire one year after issuance unless it is revoked pursuant to the provisions of this chapter;
(I) The applicant is fingerprinted;
(J) The applicant obtains a local background check and an interstate identification index background check; and
(K) Any additional documentation deemed necessary by the Board of Works or the City Clerk in verifying the responses given by an applicant.
(Ord. G-95-228, passed 8-17-1995; Ord. G-11-26, passed 8-18-2011) Penalty, see § 119.99