08-22-11 Council Agenda & Packet

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consideration of the Controller. (pp) 6nn —Application approval or rejection; written report if rejected: (1) The Controller shall, upon consideration of the application and the reports, recommendations and certificate required to be attached thereto, approve or reject the application. If the application is rejected, the applicant may request a hearing pursuant to section 4-16 to offer evidence why the application should be reconsidered. (2) The Controller shall __mot- provide the reasons for rejecting the application and any evidence pertinent to the rejection at the hearing. (qq) Stne Driver 's license issuance; term (1) Upon approval of an application for a taxicab driver' s .license, and following payment of the licensing fee, the Controller shall issue a driver ' s license to the applicant which bears the name, address, age, signature and photograph of the applicant . (2) The license shall be in effect until. May 3i September 30 of the year after it is issued. A license for every subsequent year shall be issued upon the applicant meeting the requirements of this section. (rr) Same Display of license. Every driver licensed under this section shall post the driver ' s license in such a place as to be in full view of all passengers while such driver is operating a taxicab, and shall show the license to any passenger, prospective passenger, or South Bend Police Officer, any officer commissioned to issue ordinance violation citations an -r employee of the Central Services Division, the Department of Code Enforcement or the Bureau of Weights and Measures upon demand. However, for the personal safety of the driver, the home address of the driver may be deleted from the license which is on display. The driver shall maintain on file in the Office of the City Controller the driver' s current address . 33