Santa Barbara County Municipal Code § 33-12 Same—Referral of application to sheriff

"Taxicab driver" means any individual who drives or operates a taxicab in which passengers are solicited or accepted for hire, either at a taxicab stand or elsewhere, within the unincorporated area of the county.

(Ord. No. 1077, § 1941)

Every taxicab driver who drives a taxicab for which a taxicab operator's license is required or has been issued shall obtain from the tax collector a taxicab driver's license.

(Ord. No. 1077, § 1942)

* As to licenses generally, see ch. 22 of this Code.

(a) Every taxicab driver, including taxicab drivers employed by taxicab operators and self-employed independent taxicab drivers, shall file an application for a taxicab driver's license on a form supplied by the tax collector.

(b) For taxicab drivers employed by taxicab operators, employer taxicab operators shall comply with subdivision (b) of Section 33-3 of Article I of this chapter. An applicant shall immediately upon the filing of an application inform the employer of the requirements of subdivision (b) of Section 33-10 and of subdivision (b) of Section 33-3 of this chapter.

(c) For self-employed independent taxicab drivers, the taxicab driver's designated mandatory controlled substance and alcohol testing certification program required by Article IV of this chapter, Section 33-21 et seq., shall, within ten days after the filing of the application, submit to the sheriff's department by First Class U.S. mail, the test results and other records pertaining to the testing of the applicant for the use of alcohol and controlled substances conducted pursuant to said mandatory controlled substance and alcohol testing certification program. The applicant shall, immediately upon the filing of the application, inform the mandatory controlled substance and alcohol testing certification program of the requirements of this subdivision (c) of Section 33-10.

(Ord. No. 1077, § 1943; Ord. No. 3338, § 12; Ord. No. 4395 § 3)

(a) Fees. Each applicant for a taxicab license shall pay to the treasurer-tax collector, upon making application, the yearly license fee of forty dollars. The annual renewal license fee shall also be forty dollars. Each applicant shall present to the sheriff a money order or certified cashiers check for the prescribed amount set by the Department of Justice of the State of California for the processing of the applicants fingerprints. None of the above fees shall be prorated, or refunded.

(b) Term. All licenses, including renewals, shall be issued for the term of one year from the date and month of the original license approval.

(Ord. No. 1077, § 1944; Ord. No. 3282, § 1; Ord. No. 3338, § 13; Ord. No. 3945, § 6)

The application shall be referred to the sheriff, who shall make the same type of investigation and approve or disapprove the application, as in the case of an application for a taxicab operator's license, as specified in sections 33-4 and 33-5.3.

(Ord. No. 1077, § 1945; Ord. No. 3338, § 14)

In the event of disapproval by the sheriff of an application for a taxicab driver's license, the procedures to be followed by the sheriff, the tax collector and the board, and the rights and duties of the applicant and of the sheriff shall be the same as provided in the case of disapproval of an applicant for a taxicab operator's license, insofar as applicable.

(Ord. No. 3338, § 15)

Upon receipt of the approval of the sheriff, the tax collector shall issue to the applicant a taxicab driver's license, which shall be in the form of a card containing the price of the license and the licensee's name, photograph and right index fingerprint. Such license shall be good for one year from the issuance date.

(Ord. No. 1077, § 1946; Ord. No. 3282, § 2)

The tax collector may give a notice of intention to revoke a taxicab driver's license, and may suspend such license pending a hearing, as in the case of a taxicab operator's license, and the procedures for revocation, including an appeal to the board of supervisors, and the rights of the parties shall be the same, insofar as applicable as in the case of revocation of a taxicab operator's license.

(Ord. No. 1077, § 1947; Ord. No. 3338, § 16)

Any taxicab driver's license issued hereunder shall be automatically suspended and be null and void during any period of time that the taxicab driver's state motor vehicle operator's license now or hereafter required in order to operate a taxicab is suspended, revoked, or for any other reason is invalid or inoperative.

(Ord. No. 3338, § 17)