[Amended 4-3-2000 by Ord.
No. 00-234]
A.
No person shall drive a licensed hackney carriage or limousine without
first obtaining from the Chief of Police a permit in such form as
the Chief of Police shall prescribe.
B.
The fee for such permit shall be $25 and said amount of $25 annually
thereafter, with replacement of lost permits costing $12.50.
C.
Permits issued under the provisions of this article shall be valid
from the date of issue until the first day of May next following,
unless sooner revoked, and any such permit may be revoked by the Chief
of Police at his/her discretion.
Permits to drive hackney carriages or limousines shall be issued only to such persons as have been determined, after investigation by the Chief of Police, to be fit and proper persons to receive such permits and who are employed, or have been offered employment, by the holder of a hackney license and have presented to the Chief valid licenses as operators issued by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles. The date and number of such operator's license and the name of such employer, or prospective employer, shall be endorsed on each permit issued under § 222-25.
No permit issued under § 222-25 shall be sold, assigned or transferred, nor shall the person to whom it was issued allow or suffer any other person to have such permit, nor shall any person have possession of a permit issued to another.
Every driver of a licensed hackney carriage or limousine shall
at all times when driving or in charge of any such carriage display
on his/her outer garments or cap the permit issued to him/her.
When any person to whom a permit has been issued under § 222-25 changes his/her address, his/her place of employment or his/her employer, such person shall, within 24 hours of such change, give notice thereof, in writing, to the Chief of Police.
