This section shall be inoperative so long as any provision of Chapter 4.73 of this Code requiring franchises for taxicab operators is in effect notwithstanding any provision of Section 4.73.220 to the contrary.
.010 Except as otherwise provided in Section 4.72.025 of this chapter, upon receipt of a timely filed written application for an operator's permit, the City Council shall conduct a public hearing at which oral and documentary evidence is received, and approve, conditionally approve, or deny the application. The City Council shall approve or conditionally approve such permit only if all of the following findings are made:
.0101 The application is complete as provided in Section 4.72.030 of this chapter.
.0102 The applicant, the applicant's proposed drivers and the applicant's vehicles have all necessary valid, unrevoked and unsuspended OCTAP Permits.
.0103 The number of taxicabs proposed to be operated in the City by the applicant is sufficient in number to adequately service the entire City.
.0104 The number of taxicabs proposed in the application, or such lesser number thereof as the City Council proposes to approve, when combined with the number of taxicabs then currently approved for operation in the City, does not exceed the maximum number of taxicabs authorized pursuant to Section 4.72.025 of this chapter.
.0105 The color of the vehicles to be used or the name, monogram or insignia to be used upon the vehicles is not in conflict with and does not imitate any other name, monogram or insignia used by any other person authorized under this chapter to operate a taxicab business in the City, in such a manner as to be misleading or tend to deceive the public.
.020 The City Council may specify conditions on the issuance of the operato's permit that are reasonably necessary to ensure compliance with this chapter and other laws including, without limitation, approving a lesser number of taxicabs than requested in the application provided that in no event shall any operator's permit be approved which would authorize any operator to operate less than thirty (30) taxicabs in the City. (Ord. 5627 § 2 (part); February 10, 1998; Ord. 5772 § 4;May 15, 2001.)