(A) Form of application. Every person desiring to drive a taxicab in the city shall, before undertaking so to do, file an application in writing for a taxicab driver’s license that is duly sworn to by the applicant with the City Clerk-Treasurer, which application shall show the following:
(1) The name and present address of the applicant;
(2) The address of each place of residence of the applicant during the last six years prior to the date of the application;
(3) The place of employment, the kind of employment, and the name of each of the employers of the applicant for the two years immediately preceding the date of the application;
(4) The applicant’s experience in automobile operation;
(5) Whether or not the applicant has ever been convicted in any court for any crime or misdemeanor, and if so, the facts concerning each conviction;
(6) The applicant’s state chauffeur license number; and
(7) Upon the face of the application, a certificate of the Chief of Police of the city that the applicant has been duly examined as to his or her ability to drive and operate a motor vehicle and has been examined concerning the traffic ordinances and this code of the city and the traffic laws of the state and has been examined as to conviction of any crime or misdemeanor, and that in the opinion of the Chief of Police and the Board of Public Works and Safety of the city the applicant is a fit and proper person to receive a taxicab driver’s license.
(B) Fee. The applicant shall also at the time of filing the application for a taxicab driver’s license pay to the Clerk-Treasurer the sum as set forth in Ch. 36 of this code, for an annual taxicab driver’s license, and this license shall be valid for one year after issuance, unless the license shall be revoked pursuant to the sections of this chapter.
(1987 Code, § 4-56) (Ord. 6, 1985, passed 2-25-1985)