§ 5.44.040. Issuance of license.

A.

The chief of police shall annually grant taxicab licenses in the city to suitable persons who are owners of vehicles known as taxicabs, if such person, or one member of such firm, has resided in the city for a minimum of two years preceding application for license, or if the principal place of business of such corporation is in the city.

B.

No license shall be issued to any person or firm which contains any member therein who has a criminal record for larceny, deceit, robbery, breaking to enter, rape, attempted rape, concerned in a lottery, illegal sale of alcoholic beverages, or any immoral conduct which, in the opinion of the chief of police, is unsuitable for the care of passengers in taxicabs. The chief of police may, in the chief's discretion, issue a license to an applicant who has a criminal record for any of the above offenses in which the last conviction thereof is more than five years immediately preceding the date of the application for license, or petition for assignment of transfer of license.

(Prior revision § 18-4)