No person shall operate a taxicab or automobile for the conveyance of passengers for hire within the town limits unless the person is duly licensed to operate motor vehicles under the state laws and until he or she shall have been duly licensed to operate a taxicab by the town. In order to obtain this town taxicab operator’s license, the person desiring a license shall apply for it in writing under oath, on a form to be supplied by the town, giving his or her name, age, place of residence, name of owner of the taxicab, number of his or her state driver’s license and information as to previous convictions for violation of motor vehicle laws or town ordinances relating to traffic regulation. The Public Safety Director, after receipt of an application for the license, may require the applicant to undergo a driving test if he or she deems this necessary to determine the applicant’s ability to drive a motor vehicle. The Town Manager, with or without the recommendation of the Public Safety Director, may suspend any taxicab driver’s license for reckless driving of the taxicab, or for any violation of any provision of this code or state law, which suspension may either be vacated or approved by the Council at the next regular meeting after the date of the suspension. The license holder shall have the right to appear at this meeting of the Council and be heard by Council.
(1995 Code, § 7-4001) (Ord. passed 12-28-1959) Penalty, see § 10.99