§ 27-41. Driver's authorization.

(a)

Each person who desires authorization to drive a taxicab in the city shall make application in writing to the mayor setting forth the facts upon which the application is based. Each such application shall be accompanied by:

(1)

A statement signed by at least one (1) reputable citizen of the city that the applicant is over the age of eighteen (18) years, an experienced driver of good moral character and physically and mentally capacitated to drive and operate such a motor vehicle.

(2)

One (1) commercially made glossy print photograph showing a full-face view of the applicant three and one-half (3½) inches by five (5) inches in size.

(b)

Each application for a driver's authorization shall be referred by the mayor to the chief of police for investigation of the applicant by the police department and shall be returned by the chief of police to the mayor not more than ten (10) days after such reference with a written recommendation that the application be approved or disapproved. Such recommendation shall be signed by the chief of police.

(c)

Thereafter, upon due inquiry, if the mayor and board of aldermen are satisfied as to the qualifications of the applicant and that the public convenience and necessity would be served thereby, they shall thereupon enter an order approving such application and promptly thereafter the clerk shall deliver to such applicant a certificate which shall contain the aforesaid photograph of the operator. Such certificate and photograph shall have impressed on the face thereof the seal of the city affixed by the city clerk in such a manner that a portion of both the photograph and the certificate (card) shall be covered by the seal. Thereafter, at all times when such driver is operating such a vehicle, such certificate with such photograph shall be displayed in a prominent place on the inside of the vehicle in such a way it shall be immediately visible to passengers therein.

(d)

If, upon due inquiry, the mayor and board of aldermen are not satisfied as to the qualifications of the applicant or are not satisfied that the public convenience and necessity would be served by the approval of such application, they shall thereupon enter an order disapproving such application.

(Ord. of 5-22-50, § 2(c), (d))