Every person desiring to drive a taxicab in the city shall, before undertaking to do so, file with the City Clerk an application in writing for a taxicab driver’s license, sworn to by the applicant and including the following:
(A) The name and address of applicant;
(B) The address of each place of residence of the applicant during the three years prior to the date of the application;
(C) The place of employment, the kind of employment and the name of each employer of applicant for the two years immediately preceding the date of the application;
(D) The age and sex of applicant;
(E) Applicant’s experience in general motor vehicle operation;
(F) Whether or not the applicant has ever been convicted in any court of any crime or misdemeanor and, if so, the facts concerning each conviction;
(G) Whether or not the applicant uses intoxicating liquors;
(H) The applicant’s state chauffeur license number; and
(I) On the face of the application, a certificate of the Police Chief that the applicant has been examined as to his or her ability to drive a motor vehicle, the traffic ordinances of the city and the traffic laws of the state, and as to conviction of any crime or misdemeanor and that in the opinion of the officer, the applicant is a fit and proper person to receive a taxicab driver’s license.
(Ord. 28-2017, passed 8-21-2017)