(a) The Finance Director shall refer to the Chief of Police a completed application for a taxicab driver permit or a taxicab company permit.
(b) After receipt of a report from the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Chief of Police shall direct the Finance Director to grant or deny the application for a taxicab driver permit or taxicab company permit. The Chief of Police shall direct the Finance Director to deny the application on any of the following grounds:
(1) The applicant is under the age of eighteen (18) years;
(2) The applicant does not hold a valid, current California driver's license;
(3) The applicant did not submit one (1) or more of the items required by the application form;
(4) The applicant for a taxicab driver permit tested positive for controlled substances and/or alcohol, in violation of the City's controlled substance and alcohol testing certification program;
(5) Within seven (7) years prior to the date the application was filed, the applicant for a taxicab driver permit was convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs or of reckless driving; and/or
(6) The applicant for a taxicab driver permit or taxicab company permit was convicted of any of the following crimes, or of an attempt or conspiracy to commit any of the following crimes, as defined in the California Penal Code, and such conviction indicates that the applicant may pose a danger to the public if granted a permit: murder, mayhem, kidnapping, robbery, assault with intent to commit a felony, assault, battery, rape, arson, burglary, possession of burglarious instruments or deadly weapons, or any crime for which the applicant is required to register as a sex offender pursuant to California Penal Code, Section 290.
(Part 2, Ord. 1653-NS, eff. January 1, 2019)