9.52.050 Driver’s permits.
A. Permit Application. Any person seeking to operate a vehicle for hire as a driver shall apply for a permit in the manner set forth herein. No person under the age of 21 years shall be issued a driver’s permit. The application shall be in writing, signed by the driver, and shall set forth all the information required in the permit application form including, but not limited to, the following:
1. Name, age and address of the applicant;
2. Their past experience in operating a motor vehicle;
3. Applicant’s current California driver’s license number and a photocopy of that license;
4. Name and address of employers during the preceding three years;
5. Suspension or revocation of any driving license, taxi driver permit or a chauffeur license, issued by the state of California or any state or governmental agency, during the preceding two years;
6. Name and address of the business owner by whom they are employed as a driver, or for whom they intend to operate a taxicab;
7. Current certificate of negative test for drugs and alcohol from a City approved lab as required by Government Code Section 53075.5 as amended;
8. Two photographs of the driver (size one and one-half inch by one and one-half inch) taken by the City, one to be filed with the application and one to be permanently attached to the driver’s permit when issued;
9. State Department of Motor Vehicles driving record report;
10. A list of all jurisdictions in which the applicant is permitted to operate a vehicle for hire;
11. Satisfactory proof that the insurance required by this chapter covers the driver when operating the vehicle for hire.
B. Disposition of Driver’s Permit--Conditions.
1. Such driver’s permit may be granted only if the City determines that the applicant:
(a) Has submitted a complete application;
(b) Has submitted satisfactory proof that they will comply with the provisions of this Chapter and have completed the Taxi Owner Driver Training;
(c) Has maintained and possesses a valid California driver’s license;
(d) Has not operated a vehicle in violation of Section 9.52.070 or 9.52.080 three (3) or more times in the past three years;
(e) Has not made any omission or untrue statement, or has provided fraudulent documentation with the application;
(f) Has not violated this chapter three or more times within the last three years; or
(g) Is not otherwise subject to suspension or revocation under Section 9.52.150 or 9.52.160.
2. The City may deny any driver’s permit if it determines that approval would pose an unreasonable risk to the public safety or welfare or the State Department of Motor Vehicles records indicate that the Department has taken administrative action which resulted in actual suspension or revocation of the applicant’s driver’s license within the last two years, unless such suspension or revocation was based on a nondriving related matter.
3. The issuance of a driver’s permit is conditional upon the driver ensuring that they will only operate a vehicle which has received a valid vehicle permit for a business owner who has received a valid business owner’s permit.
4. The driver’s permit shall become void upon termination of such driver’s employment driving a vehicle for hire, including termination of self-employment as an independent driver, and the driver immediately shall return their permit to the City upon such termination of employment.
5. The City may deny any driver’s permit if the applicant has been convicted of any crime in violation of any penal law involving disturbances of the peace, violence, theft, moral turpitude, sex assault, reckless driving, public urination, public drunkenness, vandalism, harassment, excessive littering, excessive noise, or lewd conduct taking into consideration the nature of the conviction, the age of the applicant at the time of the conviction, any evidence of rehabilitation, and the relationship of the conviction to the propriety of the applicant operating a vehicle for hire. (Ord. 7277-NS § 1, 2013: Ord. 7215-NS § 5, 2011: Ord. 6976-NS § 4, 2007: Ord. 6874-NS § 4 (part), 2005: Ord. 6655-NS § 2, 2001: Ord. 6399-NS § 1, 1997: Ord. 6325-NS § 7, 1996)