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SECTION 2. No person shall operate or permit a taxicab owned or controlled by him to be operated as a vehicle for hire upon the streets of the Village of Lino Lakes without having first obtained a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Village Council, provided that any taxicab licensed to operate in any other municipality of this state may carry passengers from said municipality where so licensed to any place or point within the Village of Lino Lakes and may receive passengers for carriage to such municipality where so licensed; but owners and drivers of such vehicles shall not be permitted to solicit business in the Village of Lino Lakes or other- wise operate a taxicab on the streets of such Village, without being licensed under the provisions of this Ordinance. SECTION 3. An application for a certificate shall be filed with the Village Clerk -Treasurer upon forms provided by the Village; and said application shall be verified under oath and shall furnish the following information: (a) The name and address of the applicant. (b) The financial status of the applicant, including the amounts of all unpaid judgments against the applicant and the nature of the transaction or acts giving rise to said judgments. (c) The experience of the applicant in the transportation of passengers. (d) Any facts which the applicant believes tend to prove that public convenience and necessity require the granting of a certificate. (e) The number of vehicles to be operated or controlled by the applicant and the location of proposed open taxicab stands. (f) The color scheme or insignia to be used to designate the vehicle or vehicles of the applicant. (g) Such further information as the Village Council may from time to time require. (h) A statement covering each vehicle to be so licensed, giving the full name and address of the owner; the class and passenger -carrying capacity of each vehicle for which a license is desired; the length of time the vehicle has been in use; the make of the car; the engine number; the serial number and the state license number; whether the same is mortgaged, the name of the mortgagee and the amount of said mortgage; also the holder of legal title to said motor vehicle if other than the applicant; or whether said vehicle is leased, licensed, or under any form of contract permitted to be used and operated by some other person than the one holding legal title thereto, and what person, firm or corporation will collect the revenues from the operation of said taxicab and pay the expenses of operating the same.