No person or persons, firm, or corporation shall operate taxicabs or other motor vehicles
for hire transporting passengers on the streets or public places of the city, without
first having applied for and received, from the city council, a permit in the form
of a certificate of public necessity and convenience. Application for said certificate
shall be submitted on a form provided by the city clerk. A nonrefundable application
fee shall be assessed the applicant at the time of submission of application. Notice
of said application shall be prepared by the city clerk, and shall be advertised once
a week for three weeks in the official journal of the city, showing the time, place
and date of public hearing before the city council. The applicant shall pay cost of
advertisement. At the public hearing held by the city council it shall determine the
need for additional service and the quality of the service to be rendered if the permit
is granted, as well as the number of taxicabs or other motor vehicles transporting
passengers for hire to be operated. The nonrefundable application fee and permit renewal
fee shall be in amounts as established by the mayor and city council from time to
time.
(Code 1968, § 21-25; Ord. No. 516, 7-11-1995)
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