No person shall operate, drive or be engaged or employed in the business of driving upon the public streets of the city, any taxi cab or bus, without first having produced a license therefor from the City Finance Officer. An applicant for such a license shall be at least 21 years of age, or sound physical and free from infirmity that would effect his or her ability to properly drive a taxi cab or motor bus. The applicant must be a resident of the county for at least six months prior to the date of the application, and must furnish letters of recommendation from three reputable citizens of the city that they know of the applicant and that he or she is, in their opinion, a fit person to drive a motor bus or taxi cab in the city. No person shall be licensed, under this chapter, to operate a taxi cab or motor bus, who has pled guilty or has been found guilty of the commission of a felony or driving while intoxicated, as defined in the South Dakota Code, within three years of the date of application. A license fee of $10 shall be paid to the City Finance Officer before such license shall be issued by the City Finance Officer and the licensee shall have such license in his or her possession whenever engaged in driving a taxi cab or bus, and exhibit it for inspection whenever requested to do so by a police officer. Any such driver’s license may be revoked by the Council for cause, and any license issued under the provisions of this chapter shall be revoked by the Council upon discovery of any false statement made in the application for such license.
(Prior Code, § 6.04.05) (Ord. 271, passed - -; Ord. 731, passed - -) Penalty, see § 10.99