(A) Required. No person shall drive any cab or taxicab carrying passengers for hire from place to place within the corporate limits of the town unless that person shall have first applied to and secured from the Board a permit to drive a taxicab.
(B) Application. The application required of applicants to drive a taxicab, as provided in division (A) above, shall be made in writing and shall state the applicant’s name, address, physical condition, physical description, former employers, court record and state chauffeur’s license number. Such application shall be signed and sworn to by the applicant.
(C) Duty of the Town Attorney. The Attorney for the town is hereby charged with the duty of investigating the facts stated in said application and shall report his or her findings and recommendations to the Board.
(D) Issuance. If the Board finds that the applicant has not been convicted of a felony, a violation or any federal or state statute relating to the use, possession or sale of intoxicating liquors, any federal or state statute relating to prostitution, any federal or state statute relating to the use, possession or sale of narcotic drugs, and that the applicant is a citizen of the United States and is not a habitual violator of traffic laws, the Board shall issue a permit to the applicant to drive a taxicab, such permit to be signed on behalf of the Board by the Town Clerk.
(E) Suspension and revocation of permit. At any time after the issuance of a permit to any person to drive a cab or taxicab, the Board may revoke said permit, it the person holding such permit is convicted of a felony, a violation of any federal or state statute relating to the use, possession or sale of narcotic drugs, repeated violations of traffic laws or ordinances, a violation of any state or federal statute relating to prostitution, or become a habitual user of intoxicating liquors or narcotic drugs; provided, that upon the first conviction within 12 months after the issuance of a permit, or within any subsequent 12-month period, for a violation of the traffic laws of the state or traffic ordinances of the town involving a moving taxicab, the driver convicted shall surrender his or her permit to drive for a period of 30 days and shall not operate a taxicab within the corporate limits of the town during the said 30-day period. Upon a second conviction within 12 months after the issuance of a permit, or any subsequent 12-months period, for the violation of a traffic law of the state or traffic ordinance of the town involving a moving taxicab, the driver convicted shall surrender his or her permit to drive a taxicab for a period of 60 days and shall not operate a taxicab within the corporate limits of the town during said 60-day period; upon three convictions for violations of the laws of the state, including the ordinances of the town, within 12 months after the issuance of a permit, or upon three such convictions within any subsequent 12-month period; provided such convictions relate to violations of traffic ordinances or laws, the permit issued to such convicted person shall be revoked.
(Ord. passed 3-4-1964) Penalty, see § 110.99