[Amended 12-31-2013,
Ordinance 2013-07]
1.
Every person who, for wages or hire in the service of another, shall
drive any taxicab shall first obtain a license to do so. No license
shall be issued until an application has been completed in writing,
filed, and approved by the Weatherford Police Department. The City
Clerk, or his designated agent, shall issue said license after approval
by the Weatherford Police Department. The application shall include
the following information:
a.
The name and address of the applicant;
b.
The occupations and employments pursued by the applicant during the
preceding five-year period;
c.
Whether or not the applicant has had any collision or accident in
which any person or property was injured or damaged and a description
of the collision or accident in each case;
d.
Whether or not the applicant has ever been charged with or convicted
of any crime, and if so, the nature of the crime;
e.
Whether or not the applicant has ever had a driver or other license
revoked or cancelled and for what reason;
f.
Whether or not the applicant has been convicted of violating any
city ordinance within the past year;
g.
The applicant will furnish a copy of a valid state driver's license;
h.
The applicant will furnish the number of times and places, if any,
that the applicant has been arrested or convicted for violations of
the traffic laws of the city or state;
i.
The applicant will furnish an official state driver's license history
check;
j.
And the applicant will furnish an official state criminal history
check. All cost related to the application process shall be paid by
the applicant.
2.
If, upon examination of the application and the references, the Weatherford
Police Department determines that the applicant is competent to serve
as a taxicab driver, that the representations made in the application
are true, the applicant will be eligible to operate a taxicab service
in the City of Weatherford.
3.
The driver's license allowing an individual to drive a taxicab shall
expire on June 30th of every calendar year and the applicant shall
reapply as outlined above.
[Amended 12-31-2013,
Ordinance 2013-07]
1.
A city driver license to drive a taxicab shall be revoked by the
City Clerk, or his designated agent, for any of the following after
confirmation of violations by the Weatherford Police Department:
a.
Upon a felony conviction, after the issuance of the license, of a
violation of any federal or state law;
b.
When any information required in above application is shown to be
false;
c.
For operating a motor vehicle for hire while consuming any alcoholic
beverage;
d.
Upon conviction of the offense of driving, operating or being in
actual physical control of a motor vehicle while under the influence
of alcohol or other intoxicating substance, as provided in Title 47
of the Oklahoma Statues section 11-902 et seq.;
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For leaving the scene of a traffic collision;
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For allowing or permitting another person to use his/her license;
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For obliterating or erasing any official entry on his/her license.
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2.
The licensee shall have the right of appeal to the City Commission
by filing with the City Clerk within three days of such revocation,
a notice in writing that he/she is appealing to the City Commission,
which revocation shall then be heard by the City Commission at its
next regular or special meeting and the findings of the City Commission
shall be final.
[Added 12-31-2013, Ordinance
2013-07]
Every person engaged in the business of operating a taxicab
shall exhibit, by attaching to the vehicle in a conspicuous place
on the inside thereof, a card setting forth the schedule of rates
charged for the use or hire of such vehicle.
[Added 12-31-2013, Ordinance
2013-07]
No driver or operator of any taxicab, or other vehicle used
for transporting passengers for hire, shall at any time allow any
passenger to ride in the front seat of the vehicle unless the back
seat is occupied by two or more persons. No person, except an immediate
family member of the operator, shall be allowed to ride in any taxicab
except a bona fide paying passenger en route to a definite destination.
