Amending Chapter 4, to revise provisions for licensing of taxicab companies, vehicles and drivers

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license or vehicle license issued pursuant to this section at the request of any member of the Police Department DeQartment of Code Enforcement or Department of Central Services the vehicle shall be impounded. Before aperson may recover possession of the impounded vehicle, the person shall~rovide goof that the person is the title holder of the vehicle and proof of a vehicle license and taxi driver's license for the driver from whom the vehicle was impounded. The owner shall also pay all fines and costs incurred in the impoundment and storage of the vehicle before the vehicle is returned to the owner A vehicle impounded because it was operated by an unlicensed driver maybe returned to the owner withoutroof of the driver obtaining a license only if the holder of the comQany license first shows proof to the City that the driver is not or is no longer employed or authorized by the companv to drive a taxicab for the companv. (ee) Company license -Required. No person shall operate or permit a taxicab owned or controlled by i~rirrr that person to be operated as a vehicle for hire upon the streets of the City without having first obtained a new or renewed companv license from the Controller. and (ff) Same -Application; contents: (1) An application for a eertrfieate companv license or a renewal of a license shall be frletl~ith submitted to the Controller upon forms provided by the Controller and be verified under oath. All taxicab companies having a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessih~ at the time of the effective date of this ordinance shall be required to submit an application for a renewal of a Com~anv License within thirty (301 days after the effective date of this ordinance. (2) The application shall furnish the following information: a. The name and address of the applicant. b. The financial status of the applicant, including the amounts of all unpaid judgments against the applicant the court and cause numbers where such judgments were entered, and the nature of the transaction or acts giving rise to such judgments. c. The experience of the applicant in the transportation of passengers. d. The amount and type of liability insurance coverage issued or to be issued to the ~plicant to cover any claims which maybe made against the companv the name of the 15