No person, firm, partnership, association or corporation shall operate or cause to be operated within the city any ambulance, public or private, or other vehicle commonly used for the transportation or conveyance of the sick or injured without first having secured a permit therefor from the city council or their duly authorized agent, as hereinafter provided. Application for an ambulance operator's permit shall be filed with the city manager and such application shall be submitted upon a form to be furnished by the city manager and the applicant shall furnish the following proof and information with the application:
(1) That the applicant has not been convicted of a felony or of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude within the last ten years; that applicant will not employ any driver for an ambulance authorized under this article who has been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude within the last ten years; that failure to comply with the provisions of this subsection will be grounds for revocation or suspension of the ambulance operator's permit under the provisions for suspension and revocation below.
(2) A statement that the applicant has obtained or will obtain liability insurance in accordance with the requirements hereinafter provided before commencing ambulance service in the event that the city council determines that an ambulance service operator's permit should be granted. No ambulance operator's permit will be issued until such insurance is in effect.
(3) A statement that the applicant has been issued a permit by the state board of health pursuant to authorization of Texas Health and Safety Code ch. 733. No ambulance permit will be issued unless the applicant has obtained such a permit.
(4) The application shall set out the number of emergency ambulances which the applicant proposes to operate and the make, model, motor number and correct state license number of each vehicle shall be listed. If the application is made before one or more of such ambulances have been acquired by the applicant, then such information shall be furnished to the city manager before issuance of a permit for such vehicle. At each renewal date the operator shall furnish an amended list of vehicles showing the vehicle which has been removed from service and giving all the information required above on the new vehicle which has replaced the vehicle removed from service. Such application shall be subscribed and sworn to before a notary public.
(Prior Code, § 19-101; Ord. of 12-13-1966; Ord. of 2-14-1967)