Hamilton By-law 07-170, s. 19(8) — Licensing By-law (Short-Term Rentals)

An applicant for a taxicab owner’s licence on the Priority List must be directly and actively engaged in the taxicab industry, as defined in paragraph 16(p)(i), at all times to have his or her name remain on the Priority List and to remain on the Priority List:

• (a) the applicant must annually complete and file with the Director of Licensing, a certification confirming that he or she was directly and actively engaged in the Hamilton taxicab industry in the capacity of a licensed taxicab driver, a licensed taxicab owner, a licensed taxicab broker, a taxicab dispatcher, a taxicab telephone service operator or a taxicab business mechanic, for an average of at least 35 hours per week during at least forty (40) weeks of the previous twelve (12) month period;
• (b) where an applicant has on account of illness, injury or other medical reasons been unable to meet or fulfil the requirements of paragraph 23(8)(a), the applicant may complete and file with the Director of Licensing in lieu thereof,

a certification so stating together with supporting documentation including a medical certificate from a physician certified to practice in the Province of Ontario, and a certification that he or she has actually engaged in operating a taxicab on a full time basis in the City as,

• (i) a licensed taxicab driver,
• (ii) a licensed taxicab owner,
• (iii) a licensed taxicab broker,
• (iv) taxicab dispatcher,
• (v) a taxicab telephone service operator, or
• (vi) a taxicab business mechanic, for a period of not less than two (2) consecutive years immediately preceding the onset of the medical disability. Revised: November 2023 C:\Users\apepper\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.Outlook\38JEUW0B\Business Licensing 07-170 Consolidated (November 2023).docx
• (c)

Where an applicant elects to file a certification under paragraph 23(8)(b), the applicant shall provide evidence, to the satisfaction of the Director of Licensing, of the medical disability from not less than two duly licensed medical practitioners of the applicant’s choice and, if required by the Director of Licensing, shall submit to a medical examination by a medical practitioner selected by the Director of Licensing and the City of Hamilton Human Resources Division.

• (d) Nothing in this subsection 23(8) shall operate to relieve an applicant from any other applicable conditions or requirements of this Schedule.
• (e)

Where an applicant fails to meet the requirements of paragraphs 23(8)(b) and

• (c) or the requirements of paragraph 23(8)(a), as the case may be, his or her name shall be deleted from the Priority List and no licence shall be issued to that applicant.