Hamilton By-law 07-170, s. 19(3) — Licensing By-law (Short-Term Rentals)

A person who is entered on the Priority List, after being notified or deemed notified by the Director of Licensing under subsections 24(1) and 24(2), shall submit a completed application with the Director of Licensing within fourteen (14) days of the date of the said notice together with the following:

• (a) proof of compliance with sections 12 and 14 of this Schedule;
• (b) a certification, in a form prescribed by and available from the Director of Licensing, that he or she has actively engaged in operating a taxicab full-time in the City as:
• (i) a taxicab owner;
• (ii) a taxicab driver;
• (iii) a taxicab dispatcher;
• (iv) a taxicab business mechanic; or
• (v) a taxicab telephone service operator, for a period of not less than two (2) full and consecutive years immediately preceding the date of filing the completed application; and
• (c) either,
• (i) a certified true copy by the Canada Revenue Agency of income tax returns for two consecutive years immediately preceding the date of filing the completed application; and/or
• (ii) any one of, or any combination of the following in respect of the two consecutive years immediately preceding the date of filing the completed application: o a certified copy of record of employment, o statements of insurable earnings as issued by the Canada Employment Insurance Commission, o statements of contributions to the Canada Pension Plan as issued by the Canada Revenue Agency, Revised: November 2023 C:\Users\apepper\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.Outlook\38JEUW0B\Business Licensing 07-170 Consolidated (November 2023).docx o monthly charge statements as issued by a taxicab broker operating in the City of Hamilton, o original trip records, or o such other or equivalent documentation as the Director of Licensing may accept.
• (d) In the case of a taxicab driver, for all purposes of paragraphs 24(3)(b) and 24(3)(c), “one full year” shall mean not less than 1400 hours in a full year;
• (e) In the case of a taxicab dispatcher or telephone service operator, for the purpose of paragraphs 24(3)(b) and 29(3)(b), “one full year” shall mean not less than 1400 hours in a full year; If the applicant fails to submit with the Director of Licensing the required documentation in the stipulated time, the application shall be voided, no licence issued and the applicant struck from the Priority List. (4)(a) The Director of Licensing shall issue the licence to an applicant who complies with subsection 24(3) and all other applicable provisions of this Schedule and By-law.
• (b) If the Director of Licensing refuses a licence for any reason other than the applicant’s failure to submit the required documentation or to do so in the stipulated time, both under subsection 24(3), the applicant is entitled to a hearing before the Licensing Tribunal and the hearing shall be in accordance with the General Provisions of this By-law which provide for a hearing when an application is refused.
• (c) When, under this section, a taxicab owner’s licence is:
• (i) issued by the Director of Licensing after a Licensing Tribunal hearing;
• (ii) refused by the Director of Licensing when no Licensing Tribunal hearing has taken place, because such a hearing has not been requested or for some other reason; Revised: November 2023 C:\Users\apepper\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.Outlook\38JEUW0B\Business Licensing 07-170 Consolidated (November 2023).docx
• (iii) refused after a Licensing Tribunal hearing has taken place, the applicant whose licence has been issued or refused shall be struck from the Priority List.