Any person desiring to secure a license to operate one or more taxicabs as required by Section 721.02 shall make a written application therefor to the Director of Public Safety and Service upon such form as prescribed by the Director. A fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) shall accompany the written application, to cover the cost of investigating and processing the application.
Applications shall set forth:
(a) The full name, age and residence of the applicant; if the applicant is a partnership, the full name, age and residence of each partner, and if the applicant is a corporation, a limited liability company, or other entity, its principal address and the full names and addresses of its principal officers and members.
(b) The name under which the applicant proposes to do business, which business must have a physical business location within the area encompassed by Bay Township, Erie Township, Portage Township, Catawba Island Township, Danbury Township or the City of Port Clinton.
(c) The number, type, make, model, markings and capacity of each vehicle to be used as a taxicab, and the names of the drivers or operators thereof with such information as will show such drivers or operators can or do comply with the provisions of Section 721.09.
(d) A schedule of fares or rates to be charged and the method of charging the same.
(e) That the applicant is capable of and will carry liability insurance in the amounts hereinafter provided.
(f) That the applicant has not been convicted of a felony, and consents to a criminal background investigation of the principal owners of the applicant.
(g) That the applicant has registered with the Port Clinton Income Tax Department.
(h) Such other information as the Director of Public Safety and Service shall desire.
The Applicant shall furnish with the application a permit fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) per taxicab to be operated, and proof that each vehicle to be used as a taxicab has, within thirty (30) days of making the application, passed a vehicle inspection performed by the Ohio State Highway Patrol, arranged for by the owner and obtained at the owners expense.
(Ord. 09-11. Passed 4-26-11.)