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ORDINANCE NO. 2798
AN ORDINANCE ENACTED BY THE CALDWELL CITY COUNCIL AMENDING
CHAPTER 6, ARTICLE 11, SECTION 06 -11 -3, RELATING TO REQUIREMENTS FOR
OBTAINING A TAXICAB BUSINESS LICENSE; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES,
RESOLUTIONS, ORDERS AND PARTS THEREOF IN CONFLICT HEREWITH.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and City Council of the City of Caldwell, County of
Canyon, State of Idaho:
Section 1: That Chapter 6, Article 11, Section 06 -11 -3, of the Caldwell City Code is
amended as follows:.
06 -11 -3: LICENSE REQUIRED; TAXICAB BUSINESS:
It is unlawful to operate any taxicab business without first having obtained a
license from the city clerk. The fee for said license shall be as set by resolution of the
city council. The following shall accompany M gpplication for a taxicab business
license:
(a) To determine the suitability of prospective applicants for a taxicab
business license, the City Clerk shall require that each applicant submit with his
qpplication an official Idaho Driver's License Record, obtainable from the Idaho
Transportation Department, and issued within thirty(30) days prior to the City Clerk's
receipt of the application. Further, pursuant to Idaho Code § 67 -3008 and to
congressional enactment Public Law 92 -544, each applicant shall request from the Idaho
State Police Bureau of Criminal Identification, a fingerprint -based national background
check understanding that said fingerprints will be submitted to the Federal Bureau of
Investiization and directing that the results be sent directly to the City Clerk of the City of
Caldwell. The City Clerk is authorized to receive said criminal history information for
the purpose of evaluating the applicant's fitness for licensing under this Article. As
required by state and federal law, further dissemination or other use of the criminal
history information is prohibited.
(b) Each applicant shall submit with his application a copy of his current
State of Idaho driver's license current proof of insurance documentation for all vehicles
to be driven by the applicant or employees of the applicant, and copies of vehicle
registration for all vehicles to be driven b t�pplicant or employees of the applicant.
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(c) In the event a business entity of any kind submits an application for a
taxicab business license under this chapter, each of the documents required to be
submitted under the preceding subsections (a ) and b) shall be submitted to the Cites
for each and every person owning an interest in said business entity, either directly or
indirectly, before said application shall be deemed complete.
Section 2: This ordinance shall be in full force and in effect from and after its passage,
approval and publication, according to law.
Section 3: This ordinance is hereby declared to be severable. If any portion of this ordinance
is declared invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions shall continue
in full force and effect and shall be read to carry out the purposes of the ordinance before the
declaration of partial invalidity.
Section 4: All ordinances, resolutions, orders or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed, rescinded and annulled.
PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CALDWELL, IDAHO, this 20th day of
July, 2009.
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CALDWELL, IDAHO, this 20th day of
July, 2009.
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