(A) The City Council may, at any time after a public hearing upon the subject, revoke any certificate of convenience and necessity issued by authority of this chapter for any one or more of the following causes:
(1) Failure to operate the taxicabs specified in the certificate in such manner as to serve the public adequately and efficiently.
(2) Failure to maintain motor equipment in good repair.
(3) Failure to carry liability insurance as required by this chapter.
(4) Failure to pay to the city tax or license fee of $15 imposed upon each taxicab.
(5) Repeated and persistent violation by the taxicab drivers of traffic and safety regulations of this Code, or state laws relating to alcoholic beverages or prostitution.
(6) Failure to report accidents.
(7) Willful failure to comply with any provision of this Code or state law relating to the operation of taxicabs.
(8) Failure to prevent drivers employed by a taxicab company owner from transporting customers in nonlicensed taxicabs or privately owned vehicles.
(B) No certificate of convenience and necessity shall be revoked until the holder thereof has had at least five days notice by personal service or registered mail of the charges against him, and of the date, time and place of hearing. If, after hearing, it is found that the certificate holder is guilty of one or more of the offenses listed herein, the City Council shall have the power to revoke the certificate, or to condition a revocation upon compliance of its order within any time fixed by it.
('69 Code, § 22-15) (Ord. 168, passed 10-4-45; Am. Ord., passed 11-3-47)