No taxicab driver’s license shall be issued to any person who does not meet the following minimum qualifications:
(A) Age. The person must have attained the age of 19 years;
(B) Physical and mental competence. The person must be physically and mentally competent to drive a taxicab, evidence of which competency shall in part be by a certificate obtained at the person’s expense from a physician licensed to practice medicine in the state, certifying that, in the physician’s opinion, the person is not afflicted with any disease or infirmity which might make the person physically or mentally incapable of being a safe and satisfactory taxicab driver;
(C) English language. The person must be capable of reading (speaking and writing) the English language plainly;
(D) Good character. The person must be of good character evidence of which shall be in part by affidavits is of two reputable persons who attest to the person’s good character and who have known the person personally and observed his or her conduct frequently during at least one year immediately preceding the date of the application, and an affidavit from the person’s previous employer or other appropriate person if not previously employed attesting to the person’s good character;
(E) City ordinances and geography. The person must provide evidence to the Chief of Police, or his or her designate, that the person has a reasonable knowledge of the regulation pertaining to taxicab drivers and the geography of the city;
(F) Driver’s license. The person must be properly licensed for the purpose of driving a motor vehicle by the state or by a state recognized by reciprocal agreement with the state and a member of the nonresident violator compact;
(G) Traffic violations. The person must have no more than two convictions of any offense involving a motor vehicle or any violation of a taxicab ordinance during the 12 calendar months next preceding the making of the application;
(H) Other offenses. The person must not have any convictions of any offense involving morals, drugs, reckless driving, driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs, or similar violations or be on parole or probation for any offense during the three years next preceding the making of the applications; and
(I) Driving ability. The person must provide evidence to the Chief of Police, or his or her designate, that the applicant has the requisite driving ability to be a competent driver of a motor vehicle.
(1980 Code, § 19.905) Penalty, see § 125.999