§ 23-5. Chauffer's license.

(a)

License required . No person shall operate a horse-drawn carriage for hire upon the streets of the city, and no person who owns or operates a horse-drawn carriage company shall permit a horse-drawn carriage to be driven, and no horse-drawn carriage operating under a horse-drawn carriage company approved by the city shall be driven at any time for hire, unless the driver of the horse-drawn carriage shall first have obtained and shall have then in force a chauffer's license issued under this article and a current motor vehicle operator's license issued by the state, except out of state students and military, and that the license is not under suspension or revocation. To that end, applicant must provide a recent motor vehicle operator record of convictions at the time of application.

(b)

Examination of applicant; issuance or denial of license . It shall be the duty of the risk manager or his/her designee to examine the applicant, his/her reference, police and traffic record, and the other vouchers, and thereafter, to either grant or refuse the license.

(c)

License to be displayed in horse-drawn carriage . The chauffer's license issued under the provisions of this article shall be placed on display in the horse-drawn carriage to be operated by the holder of the license, where the license will be in clear view of the passengers at all times when the horse-drawn carriage is for hire.

(d)

Alteration of license prohibited . It shall be prohibited for any person to willfully alter, deface, obliterate, or destroy a chauffer's license, or cause or allow the same.

(e)

License not transferable . Any chauffer's license issued under this article is not transferable, and is to be used solely by the person to whom it is issued and the company for which it is issued.

(d)

Duration of license . The chauffer's license is $25.00 and is renewable on an annual basis effective on January 31 of each year. License may be renewed, upon presentation of a current motor vehicle record, physician's statement and criminal background investigation report or sworn statement, unless the license for the preceding period has been revoked or is under suspension.

(Ord. No. 2017-12 , 12-18-2017)