5.16.090 Grounds for permit denial.

A permit may be denied any "driver" applicant or "owner" applicant on the following grounds:

(A) If the applicant is under the age of twenty-one years;

(B) If the applicant has been convicted of a felony;

(C) If the applicant has been convicted in a court of competent jurisdiction of an offense involving lewd conduct; or an offense involving the use of force and violence upon the person of another, or a crime requiring regulation under Section 290 of the state Penal Code, or of any violation of Sections 311 through 311.7, 314, 315, 316, 318 or 647(a), (b) or (d) of the state Penal Code;

(D) If the applicant has been convicted of either driving a vehicle upon the highway while under the influence of intoxicating liquors or narcotic drugs, or reckless driving, or is otherwise unfit to operate a vehicle for hire, either as an owner or as a driver;

(E) If the applicant has knowingly and with intent to deceive made any false, misleading or fraudulent statement of facts in the permit application or in any other document required by the city in conjunction therewith;

(F) If the owner applicant is unable to prove that they are covered by an appropriate and required insurance policy;

(G) Applicant's character and reputation are such as to class him/her in the sound discretion of the police chief as morally unfit to operate a vehicle for hire, as an owner or a driver;

(H) If the required findings cannot be made;

(I) For any other reason which the police chief, in the exercise of sound discretion, considers sufficient grounds for denial of a permit.