In order to obtain said license, the said applicant shall file with the City Clerk a written application stating that he has never been convicted of violating any of the rules of the road of the State or been charged and convicted in any city of violation of any of the city's ordinances relative to operating motor vehicles upon the streets, alleys, avenues or public ways of any city or town within the State, and that he has not been convicted in any court for the commission of a felony within the preceding ten (10) years and that he has not been confined in any penal institution for the commission of a felony within the preceding ten (10) years. (1988 Code § 9-902; amd. 2000 Code)