2012-70 AMENDING CITY CODE - CHAPTER 60 - VEHICLES FOR HIRE

Home Browse Search

A. Every applicant for a vehicle for hire driver's license must certify that he/she meets the following requirements: (1) Must be at least twenty-one(21) years of age; (2) Must be of sound physique, with good eyesight, and not subject to epilepsy, vertigo, heart trouble, or any other infirmity of body or mind which might render him unfit for the safe operation of the vehicle; (3) Must be able to speak,read and write the English language plainly; (4) Must be clean in dress and person, and not addicted to the use of alcohol or drugs: (5) Must complete a verified application for a vehicle for hire driver's license upon a form provided by the City. The application shall state the full name of the applicant, his/her date of birth, social security number, State of Illinois driver's license number, residence address,whether a citizen of the United States, whether or not he/she has ever been convicted of a felony, whether or not he/she has previously been licensed as a vehicle for hire driver, and if so,when and by whose authority,whether or not his/her driving privileges have ever been revoked or suspended, and if so, for what cause, and the name of the vehicle for hire licensee for whom he/she will be driving. Such verified application shall be reviewed by the Chief of Police, and shall not be effective until it shall have endorsed on it the approval of the Chief of Police. Any false statements made by the applicant for a vehicle for hire driver's license may be promptly reported by the Police Chief to the Macon County State's Attorney. Every vehicle for hire driver's license application shall include three(3)copies of a recent photograph of the driver not less than 4 inches by 4 inches in size, at least 75 per cent of which shall show the applicant's face, including head and shoulders. Every application for a vehicle for hire