[Ord. No. 2021-55, 8-9-2021]
A. A vehicle
for hire company shall be responsible for conducting a background
check prior to allowing a driver to provide transportation for hire
services. A vehicle for hire company shall, at a minimum, verify that
all drivers meet the following requirements:
1. The driver is at least eighteen (18) years of age;
2. The driver has all required licenses under the laws of the State
to operate a vehicle for hire;
3. The driver has not been convicted within the past seven (7) years
of:
b. Misdemeanor involving driving under the influence, reckless driving,
hit and run, or any other driving related offenses or any misdemeanor
violent offenses or sexual offense.
4. The driver is not a match in the United States Department of Justice
sex offender public website; and
5. The driver has not had more than three (3) moving violations in the
prior three-year period of time, or one (1) of the following major
violations in the prior three-year period of time:
a. Attempting to evade the police;
c. Driving on a suspended or revoked license.
B. Vehicle
for hire companies shall establish a zero-tolerance policy on the
use of drugs or alcohol while its drivers are providing transportation
for hire.
C. Vehicle
for hire companies shall promptly suspend any of its drivers from
transporting passengers for hire upon receiving a valid passenger
complaint concerning a driver and shall conduct a commercially reasonable
investigation to determine whether the complaint is valid. Such suspension
shall be for at least the time period reasonably necessary for the
vehicle for hire company to investigate the complaint.
D. Vehicle
for hire companies shall not knowingly allow any driver to provide
transportation for hire for the company if that driver is currently
suspended by another vehicle for hire company or that driver has been
removed or prohibited by that company from transporting passengers
for hire.
E. Vehicle
for hire shall keep and maintain detailed records relevant to the
requirements of this Section for the purposes of documentation and
verifying enforcement and shall promptly make all such records available
to the Chief of Police upon request.
F. If
a person files a complaint with the City against a driver or a vehicle
for hire company, or if the City is investigating non-compliance or
a Code violation, the City may inspect the vehicle for hires company’s
records as reasonably necessary to investigate and resolve any complaint
or violation. The director shall provide at least ten (10) days’
notice to the company prior to the inspection.
G. Vehicles
for hire shall make the drivers identification available to passengers
by posting the drivers identification in a conspicuous manner inside
the vehicle for hire.
[Ord. No. 2021-55, 8-9-2021]
The City Clerk may suspend or revoke any license issued under
the provisions of this Article for the violation by the licensee or
the employees of the licensee of any applicable provision of this
Code of Ordinances, State law or City Ordinances, rule or regulation.
Upon any suspension or revocation as set forth herein, the licensee
shall be entitled to a hearing on same before the City Council. If
a hearing is to be requested, licensee shall provide written notice
to the City Clerk within five (5) days from the date of any suspension
or revocation. Upon receipt of said notice, the Council, in due course,
shall proceed to conduct a hearing to review said suspension or revocation.
Any person may appear and be heard concerning the action by the City.
After hearing the evidence presented, the City Council shall, in its
discretion, decide whether the license should be suspended or revoked.
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Drivers of vehicles for hire shall promptly deliver to the Police
Department all objects of value left in the vehicle by passengers.
[Ord. No. 2021-55, 8-9-2021]
No driver of a vehicle for hire shall solicit passengers on
public streets or in quasi-public places either by motion of hand
or by mouth. The driver of any vehicle for hire shall neither solicit
or accept passengers in any manner on public streets or quasi-public
places.