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• (D) The Code Enforcement Office shall conduct,through the local sheriff's office, local police department or other appropriate law enforcement agency,-a local background check of each applicant for a taxicab driver's permit, and a report of such background check and a copy of the traffic and police record of the applicant, if any, shall be attached to the application by the Code Enforcement Office. The applicant shall disclose if he or she has been convicted of any felony or misdemeanor DWI or DUI within the past six (6) years. (E) The applicant must show proof that he or she does not carry any communicable diseases including but not limited to Tuberculoses and Hepatitis. This can be a letter from the applicant's family physician or from the Department of Health. (F) It shall be the responsibility of the permittee to notify the Code Enforcement Office in writing within ten(10) days of any change in the status of the driver pertaining to the requirements of(D) and(E), above. (G) The Code Enforcement Office shall,upon consideration of the application and the reports and certifications required to be attached thereto, approve or reject the application. If the application is rejected,the applicant may request a hearing before the City Council to offer evidence why his/her application should be reconsidered. (H) Form and term ofpermit. • (1)Upon approval of an application for a taxicab driver's permit, the Code Enforcement Office shall issue to the applicant a driver's permit which shall bear the name, address, age, signature and photograph of the applicant. (2) Said permit shall be in effect for the remainder of the calendar year. A renewal permit for each calendar year thereafter shall be issued,unless the permit for the preceding year has been revoked. Each certificate holder shall maintain copies of the driver's permit application and other supporting information so long as the driver is employed by the certificate holder. Each certificate holder shall promptly inform the Code Enforcement Office upon the termination or resignation of a driver. 4.24.11 DISPLAY OF PERMIT Every driver under this article shall post his/her driver's permit in such a place as to be in full view of all passengers while the driver is operating the taxicab, and the permit shall be illuminated when necessary for viewing. 4.24.12 SUSPENSION,REVOCATION OF PERMIT The Code Enforcement Office is hereby given the authority to suspend any driver's permit issued under this article for a driver's failure or refusal to comply with the provisions of this article, such suspension to last for a period of not more than ten days. • The Code Enforcement Office is also given authority to revoke any driver's permit for failure to comply with the provisions of this article. However, a driver's permit may not