No person shall drive a taxicab or be hired or permitted to do so unless he is duly licensed as a chauffeur.
[Amended 5-1-2012 by Ord. No. 12-02]
No persons that have been convicted of a violent felony as outlined in § 70.02 of the New York State Penal Law, a felony related to narcotics, or a registered sex offender shall be permitted to drive a taxicab.
It shall be unlawful for the driver of a taxicab while on duty to:
A. 
Drink any intoxicating liquor or use any illegal drug or drug that impairs the driver's ability;
[Amended 5-1-2012 by Ord. No. 12-02]
B. 
Use any profane or obscene language;
C. 
Shout or call to prospective passengers; or
D. 
Disturb the peace in any way.
E. 
Commit any crime.
[Added 5-1-2012 by Ord. No. 12-02]
No person shall drive a taxicab or be hired or permitted to do so unless he is duly licensed as a taxicab driver by the city.
[Amended 5-1-2012 by Ord. No. 12-02]
Each applicant will complete an application form with the City Clerk's office. Any false statement made on the application will disqualify and bar the applicant from applying for a period of one year. Each application for an original taxicab driver's license will be checked by a local police record check and driver's license check, and the City Clerk shall issue no taxicab driver's license until the applicant meets the requirements as determined by the local record check.
[Amended 9-1-1987 by Ord. No. 87-11; 6-17-2014 by Ord. No. 14-05]
An original license fee as established from time to time by Common Council resolution shall be paid for a taxicab driver's license, which license shall be renewable every year thereafter upon payment of the established fee and approval of the Chief of Police endorsed on the expiring license.
A taxicab driver's license or permit may at any time be suspended or revoked for cause after a hearing by the Commissioner of Public Safety. When the license or permit is suspended or revoked, a note of the revocation or suspension shall be forthwith entered in a permanent record to be kept and maintained for such purpose by the Chief of Police. A second suspension for the same reason or, in any case, a third suspension of a driver's license shall revoke the license.
A record of taxicab drivers' licenses and permits shall be kept in the office of the Chief of Police. A complete record of each license or permit issued to a driver and of all renewals, suspensions and revocations thereof shall be kept on file with the original application of the driver for a license.