2016-87 Amending City Code Chapter 60 Vehicles for Hire

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ORDINANCE NO. 2 016-8 7 ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE CHAPTER 60 -VEHICLES FOR HIRE- BE IT ORDAINED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS: Section 1. That Chapter 60 of the City Code of the City of Decatur, Illinois, be, and the same is hereby modified and amended by amending Section 4 and Section 12(A)(5), so that Section 4 and Section 12(A)(5) as so modified and amended, shall provide as follows: 4. FEE FOR VEHICLE FOR HIRE LICENSE. The annual license fee shall be One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for each vehicle for hire licensed. 12. APPLICATION FOR VEHICLE FOR HIRE DRIVER'S LICENSE. A. Every applicant for a vehicle for hire driver's license must certify that he/she meets the following requirements: (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a vehicle for hire driver, and if so, when and by whose authority, whether or not his/her driving privileges have ever been revoked or suspended, and if so, for what cause, and the name of the vehicle for hire licensee for whom he/she will be driving.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 driver's license shall be accompanied by a non-refundable fee of Eighty Dollars ($80.00). Section 2. That the City Clerk be, and she is hereby, authorized and directed to cause the provisions hereof to be appropriately set out in the City Code and to cause the same to be published in pamphlet form according to law.