It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a taxicab in the city without first having obtained a taxicab driver's permit from the chief of police.
(Ordinance 2017-15, § I(Exh. A), adopted 4/19/2017)
A written application for a taxicab driver's permit shall be filed and shall be upon a form obtained from the chief of police containing, among other matters, the following information:
(1) 
A showing of the experience of the applicant in driving motor vehicles, including public vehicles.
(2) 
Whether or not the applicant has ever been convicted of a traffic violation by any federal, state, or municipal agency, and, if so, the particulars of each violation of which applicant may have been convicted.
(3) 
Applicant's name, street address, age, sex, telephone number, and place of residence for the three years immediately preceding the date of such application.
(4) 
The name of the taxicab operator for whom such driver proposes to work. Each such driver's license shall be limited to the taxicab operator for whom he is driving at the time of the issuance of such license, and such driver shall not be eligible to receive a permit to drive for another taxicab operator until his current permit has expired.
(5) 
Such other additional information as the chief of police in his discretion may prescribe on such forms to include a complete criminal background check.
(Ordinance 2017-15, § I(Exh. A), adopted 4/19/2017)
The application required by section 28-312 shall be accompanied a copy of the applicant's driver license. Such application shall also be accompanied by certification by at least three reputable persons personally acquainted with the applicant, showing the applicant to be a person of good moral character.
(Ordinance 2017-15, § I(Exh. A), adopted 4/19/2017)
If the chief of police deems it advisable, he shall make such additional investigations of the applicant for a taxicab driver's permit as he deems necessary to ascertain whether or not the applicant is a fit and proper person to drive a taxicab in the city. If, after examining such applicant and obtaining such information as he deems advisable, the chief of police is satisfied that the applicant is a fit and proper person to drive a taxicab in the city, then, upon the payment of a fee as established in the city fee schedule in chapter 18 of $5.00 by the applicant, the chief of police shall cause to be issued to such applicant a permit to drive taxicabs in the city for the city's current fiscal year or the unexpired portion thereof.
(Ordinance 2017-15, § I(Exh. A), adopted 4/19/2017)
The fee for a permit to drive a taxicab as prescribed in section 28-314 is intended to defray the costs of keeping the records in the police department pertaining to taxicab drivers so that the same will be at all times up to date.
(Ordinance 2017-15, § I(Exh. A), adopted 4/19/2017)
The taxicab driver's permit shall be prominently displayed at all times in full view of persons in the back seat of the taxicab being driven by the permittee. Such permit shall have attached to it a picture of the permittee, his name, age, and such other information as may be deemed proper by the chief of police.
(Ordinance 2017-15, § I(Exh. A), adopted 4/19/2017)
If at any time, in the opinion of the chief of police, the public interest, the public safety, or the general welfare of the citizens of the city will best be served by suspension or revocation of a taxicab driver's permit, the chief of police shall suspend or shall cancel and revoke such driver's permit. No person whose driver's permit has been so suspended or revoked shall drive any taxicab in the city until and unless such permit shall be reinstated by the chief of police, or he shall obtain a new taxicab driver's permit.
(Ordinance 2017-15, § I(Exh. A), adopted 4/19/2017)