020 of 1994 - Investigation of applicant and Driver's qualificationsSALT LAKE CITY ORDINANCE
No. 20 of 1994
(Investigation of applicant
and Driver's qualifications)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 5.72.270 AND 5.72.275, SALT
LAKE CITY CODE, RELATING TO INVESTIGATION OF APPLICANT AND TO
DRIVER'S QUALIFICATIONS, RESPECTIVELY.
Be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah:
SECTION 1. That Section 5.72.270 of the Salt Lake City
Code, Investigation of applicant, be, and the same hereby is,
amended by adding subsection C to read as follows:
5.72.270 Investigation of applicant.
A. and B.
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C. The police department's recommendation required by
subsection A of this section shall be based upon:
1. Findings of the criteria specified in Section
5.72.250 of this code.
2. The police department's recommendation may take
into account the length of time between any conviction and
the application for the license and may also take into
account the applicant's rehabilitation efforts, if any.
SECTION 2. That Section 5.72.275 of the Salt Lake City
Code, Approval or rejection --Mayor's authority, be amended to
read as follows:
5.72.275 Driver's qualifications.
A. Except as hereinafter set forth, no permit or renewal
of a permit shall be issued to any of the following persons:
1. Any person under the age of eighteen years.
2. Any person who is currently required to register
pursuant to the Utah Penal Code, Section 77-27-21.5, Utah
Code Annotated, Sex offender registration.
3. Any person who has been convicted of a crime
involving moral turpitude, narcotic or dangerous drugs, a
felony conviction for an offense against property or a
felony conviction for an offense against persons, unless a
period of not less than five years shall have elapsed since
the date of conviction or the date of release from
confinement for such offense, whichever is later.
4. Any person who has been convicted of driving a
vehicle recklessly within the two years immediately
preceding application for a permit.
5. Any person who has been convicted of driving a
vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquors
within the five years immediately preceding application for
a permit.
6. Any person not possessing a valid taxicab
endorsement license, issued by the State of Utah.
7. Any person who has been convicted of three or more
felonies.
B. Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph 3, if
the mayor or designated agent receives letters or testimony at a
hearing which proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the
applicant has reformed his/her moral character so as to pose no
threat to members of the public, the license shall issue. Part
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of the letters or testimony used to establish the preponderance
shall come from the applicant's parole officer, if the applicant
is still on parole. Failure to provide a recommendation from the
applicant's parole officer, if the applicant is on parole, shall
constitute a rebuttable presumption that the applicant has not
reformed his/her moral character.
C. The mayor or designated agent shall, upon consideration
of the application and the police recommendation required to be
attached thereto, and upon the criteria in subsection 1 of this
section, approve or reject the application.
SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall become
effective on the date of its first publication.
Passed by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, this
day of _ 1994.
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CHAIRPERSON
ATTEST:
CHIEF D PU Y C TY R CORDER �/
Transmitted to the Mayor on 5 -` /Q _ / i .
Mayor's Action: ✓ Approved. Vetoed.
ATTEST:
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20 OF 1994.
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