§ 32-164. Initial application for annual permit.

The applicant for an annual permit must be the person who will own, control and operate the proposed commercial vehicles for hire service. An applicant shall file with the city manager a written, sworn application, accompanied by a fifty-dollar filing fee, to be used to defray the cost of processing and investigating the application. A one-hundred-fifty-dollar fee shall also be required for initial permit per each commercial van and renewals in addition to commercial van inspection fee as set forth in section 32-176. The application shall contain the following:

(1)

Form of business; if the business is a corporation or association, a copy of documents establishing the business, and the name, address and citizenship of each person with a direct interest in the business;

(2)

Name, address and verified signature of the applicant;

(3)

An actual or pro forma income statement and balance sheet showing the assets, liabilities and equity of the business;

(4)

Reserved.

(5)

Number and description of the vehicles the applicant proposes to use in the operation of the commercial vehicles for hire service, description of the operations of the proposed commercial vehicles for hire service and location of the fixed facilities and the passenger loading and unloading site to be used in the operation;

(6)

Description of the proposed insignia and color scheme for the applicant's shuttle vans;

(7)

Documentary evidence from an insurance company, authorized to do business in the state, indicating that holder and operator are covered under a liability insurance policy in the amounts required by this article, with the city as a named additional insured party;

(8)

Documentary evidence of payment of all ad valorem taxes levied by each local government on the personal and/or real property to be used in connection with the operation of the proposed commercial vehicles for hire service; and

(9)

Such additional information as the applicant desires to include to aid in the determination of whether or not the requested operating authority should be granted.

(10)

Documentary evidence of payment of any outstanding traffic of parking fines with the City of Laredo, or a sworn statement that the applicant has no outstanding traffic or parking tickets with the City of Laredo.

(11)

Whether the applicant has ever been charged, convicted or sentenced to probation of a felony, whether the applicant has ever been charged, convicted or sentenced to probation of an offense involving moral turpitude of a class A or higher classification. Any applicant who is charged, convicted or sentenced for the above offenses within three (3) years before applying for a permit shall not be eligible to receive a commercial vehicle for hire service permit. Permit holders who are operating commercial vans without a commercial van driver's license shall have their permit automatically revoked. Permit holders who are commercial van drivers shall comply with section 32-191 and are required background checks.

(12)

Form entitled "Request for Information for Texas Driver's Licensing Records," and as part of the application, shall pay the required fee and submit such application to the Texas Department of Public Safety with a notation that the information is to be mailed to the city manager's authorized representative. A commercial van service permit application shall be subject to rejection if the information received from the Texas Department of Public Safety discloses that the applicant's record should disqualify him or her from receiving a commercial van service permit.

(13)

Must be eighteen (18) years of age or older and possesses a valid Texas Driver's License.

(14)

An affidavit, on forms to be provided by the city manager, that he or she is a citizen of the United States of America, by birth or naturalization; or, if an alien, evidence that he or she is legally residing in the United States of America and that he or she has the legal right to engage in such employment.

(Ord. No. 97-212, § 1, 9-15-97; Ord. No. 98-O-281, § 1, 11-2-98; Ord. No. 2012-O-029, § 1, 2-21-12)