Hamilton : Règlement no 07-170, art. 18(a) — Licensing By-law (Short-Term Rentals)

No person shall be licensed as a taxicab broker or have such a licence renewed:

unless such person attends in person and not by agent or representative at the Director of Licensing offices of the City and completes a written application for such a licence or a renewal thereof and where the applicant is a corporation, the application shall be completed and filed personally by an Municipal Officer or director of the Corporation having signing authority;

• (b) unless such person pays all required fees pursuant to the User Fees and Charges By-law and completes and submits all application forms required under this Schedule with the Director of Licensing;
• (c) unless such person fully completes an application for a taxicab broker’s licence in a form prescribed by and available from the Director of Licensing;
• (d) unless, where the applicant is an individual or a partner, such person provides proof that he or she is at least eighteen (18) years of age;
• (e) unless such person provides a Police Security Clearance Record check, dated

no later than thirty-six (36) days prior to the application for a licence or renewal thereof, to the Director of Licensing,

• (i) in the case of a partnership, the Police Security Clearance Record check shall be of each partner; and
• (ii) in the case of a corporation, the Police Security Clearance Record check shall be of each Municipal Officer, director and shareholder; Revised: November 2023 C:\Users\apepper\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.Outlook\38JEUW0B\Business Licensing 07-170 Consolidated (November 2023).docx
• (f) unless, where the applicant is a corporation, the applicant has submitted to the Director of Licensing a copy of the incorporating documentation, a copy of the last initial notice/notice of change which has been filed with the appropriate government department and a Certificate of Status issued by the Ministry of Consumer and Business Services;
• (g) unless, where the applicant is a corporation, the applicant has provided details of the corporate ownership in a form acceptable to the Director of Licensing;
• (h) unless, where the applicant is a partnership, the applicant has provided details of the partners and interests in the partnership of each such partner in a form acceptable to the Director of Licensing;
• (i) unless such person provides proof to the Director of Licensing that the premises from which he or she intends to operate, carry on or engage in the business of a taxicab broker, on his or her own or in conjunction with a licensed taxicab owner, are situated within the limits of the City and will continue to be so situated throughout the term of his or her licence and are suitable for the operation of, carrying on or engaging in the taxicab broker business and that such premises will be kept orderly, clean and neat and comply with applicable zoning;
• (j) unless such person provides proof to the Director of Licensing that he or she has

a satisfactory system for receiving and dispatching calls for the taxicabs operating within his or her fleet, and that such system will not interfere with the operation of the taxicabs of another taxi broker, taxicab owner or fleet;

• (k) where, on application for renewal of a broker’s licence, the licensee has not complied with Sections 11, 50, 51, 52 and 53 of this Schedule or where the licensee has not returned the licence issued for the year immediately prior to renewal; and Revised: November 2023 C:\Users\apepper\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.Outlook\38JEUW0B\Business Licensing 07-170 Consolidated (November 2023).docx
• (l) where an investigation conducted under subsection 13(e) of this Schedule reveals that the applicant is not entitled to be licensed under section 35 of the General Provisions.
• (m) where the licensed broker fails to dispatch an accessible taxicab on a priority (18-040) basis to a person with a disability who requests such service. LICENCE FEES