A. Every vehicle for hire agency shall maintain accurate and current records for all drivers employed by, contracting with, or affiliated with the agency, including all drivers accessing the agency’s digital dispatch system to operate in the City. These records shall include the driver’s name, date of birth, address, social security number, criminal background check results, driver’s license information, motor vehicle registration, and automobile insurance. These records will be made available to the City promptly upon request.

B. Prior to permitting a person to operate as a vehicle for hire driver, and annually thereafter, a vehicle for hire agency shall conduct, or have a qualified third party conduct, a criminal background check of the potential driver. The criminal background check shall include a search of no less than seven years of history, unless prohibited by law, in which case the duration of the search shall be the maximum number of years permitted by law. The criminal background check shall include local, state, and national criminal history databases and all accessible sex offender registries. Any person who is on a sex offender registry may not act as a driver. Any person that has a record of a felony conviction within the previous seven years may not act as a driver. A record of a conviction of any of the following crimes within the previous seven years will also disqualify a person from being a driver: any crime involving driving while under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance, any sexual offense, or any crime involving physical harm or attempted physical harm to a person. The vehicle for hire agency or its agent shall maintain records of all criminal background checks for a period of at least two years. For purposes of this section, the term “conviction” includes convictions, bail forfeitures, and any other final adverse findings.

C. A vehicle for hire agency shall revoke a driver’s authority to operate as a driver for the agency and immediately inform the City if it finds at any time that the standards set forth in this chapter are no longer being met by the driver. The vehicle for hire agency shall only reinstate a driver upon a finding by the agency that all standards are again being met by the driver. (Ord. 3160 § 2, added, 09/18/2018)