[Amended 4-13-1992 by Ord. No. 554]
In addition to the owner's license as in this
chapter provided, each person driving a taxicab shall be licensed
by the City, in addition to the licensing regulations of the Motor
Vehicle Administration of the state or the State Public Service Commission.
A.
Each applicant for a driver's license must:
(1)
Be of the age of 21 years or over.
(2)
Possess a valid Maryland driver's license.
(3)
Furnish a health certificate from a physician residing
in the City certifying that the applicant is of sound physique, is
not addicted to the use of intoxicating liquors or drugs, has good
eyesight and hearing, is not subject to heart disease, vertigo, epilepsy
or any disease which might affect the operation of a motor vehicle
and is not affected with any infectious disease or with any venereal
disease in a communicable form.
(4)
Be able to speak, read and write the English language.
(5)
Produce certificates of his good character from two
reputable local citizens who have known him at least one year.
(6)
Fill out, upon a form to be provided by the City,
a statement, giving his full name, the number of his driver's license,
his place of residence for five years previous to moving to his present
address, age, height, color of eyes and hair, place of birth, length
of time he has resided in the City, place of previous employment,
marital status, whether he has ever been convicted of a felony or
misdemeanor, whether he has ever been previously licensed as a driver
or chauffeur and if so, when and where and whether his license has
ever been revoked and for what cause, which statement shall be signed
and sworn to by the applicant and filed with the City as a permanent
record, together with the payment of a nonrefundable application fee
of $30.
B.
No such license shall be issued to any person who
has been convicted of any felony or who has been convicted of driving
a vehicle upon the highway while under the influence of intoxicating
liquors or narcotics unless five years have elapsed since his date
of conviction or discharge from a penal institution, whichever is
later, or who has three times been convicted of a misdemeanor within
a period of one year previous to the date of such application, nor
shall a license be issued to any person who is not a person of good
moral character.
C.
Any applicant who gives any false information pertaining
to such applicant's police record shall be deemed guilty of the crime
of perjury, and complaint may be made in the manner provided by law
for punishment of such cases.
[Amended 4-13-1992 by Ord. No. 554]
Each applicant for a driver's license shall
file with his application two recent photographs of himself not less
than two inches square, one of which shall be attached to the license
when issued and the other which shall be filed, together with the
application, with the Police Department of the City. The photograph
shall be stapled to the license so that it cannot be removed and another
photograph substituted without detection.
[Amended 4-13-1992 by Ord. No. 554; 5-4-1992 by Ord. No. 560; 1-12-1998 by Ord. No. 625]
A.
Upon satisfactory fulfillment of the requirements of §§ 145-13 and 145-14, there shall be issued to the applicant a license which shall be in such form as to permit attaching the photograph and signature of the licensee. Any licensee who defaces, removes or obliterates any official entry made upon his license shall, in addition to any other penalty imposed by this chapter, have his license revoked.
B.
Drivers' licenses shall expire the first day of May
of each year unless sooner revoked as in this chapter provided.
C.
A driver's license may be granted to the applicant
upon application conforming to the foregoing requirements and paying
an annual fee of $25.
A.
Every licensed driver shall have his license, to which
shall be attached his photograph, conspicuously displayed so that
it may be easily seen both in the day and nighttime by occupants of
the taxicab.
B.
No driver-licensee may loan his license or permit
another person to use it, subject to revocation of his license.
There shall be delivered to each licensed driver
of a taxicab a badge of such form and style as the legislative body
may prescribe, with his license number thereon, which shall, under
penalty of revocation of the license, be constantly and conspicuously
displayed when he is engaged in his employment on the outside of the
driver's coat or cap.
A.
It shall be the duty of every driver-licensee to be
courteous and gentlemanly; to refrain from swearing, loud talking
and boisterous conduct; to refrain from the unnecessary use of the
horn or other signal and to give audible warning with his horn only
when reasonably necessary to ensure safe operation and he shall not
use the horn or other signal to announce his arrival at a location
to which he has been called; to drive his motor vehicle carefully
and in full compliance with all traffic laws, ordinances and regulations
of the state and city and all orders of the Police Department of the
City; to promptly answer all court notices, traffic violation notices
or police notices; and to deal honestly with the public and with his
employer.
B.
It shall be the duty of every driver-licensee to report
to the Police Department within 12 hours after its occurrence any
accident resulting in any injury to persons or damage to property
wherein a taxicab driven by him was involved.
C.
No taxicab shall stand in any metered area in any
public street or place other than upon the stand assigned to it, in
accordance with this chapter, and such taxicab after discharging any
passenger shall return to its designated stand, except that a taxicab
may take on any passenger while returning as aforesaid, but no driver
of a taxicab shall seek employment by repeatedly and persistently
driving his taxicab to and fro in a short space or by otherwise interfering
with the proper and orderly access to or egress from any theater,
hall, hotel, bus depot, railroad station or other place of public
gathering or in any other manner obstructing or impeding traffic;
but any taxicab may solicit employment by driving through any public
street or place without stops other than those due to obstruction
of traffic and at such speed as not to interfere with or impede traffic
and may pass and repass before any theater, hall, hotel, bus depot,
railway station or other place of gathering, provided that after passing
such public place he shall not turn and repass until he shall have
gone a distance of two blocks beyond such place.
