(a) No certificate of public convenience and necessity shall be issued, nor shall any taxicab be operated on the streets of the City until the taxicab company shall have had each vehicle to be used as a taxicab inspected by the Police Department and the taxicab company has written approval of the Police Department as to the condition of such vehicles. Additional inspections and approval by the Police Department shall be made within the last seven days of each calendar quarter.
(b) The Police Department shall determine by regulations consistent with public safety the method and extent of such inspection requirements and notify, in writing, each taxicab company of such requirements and any changes in such regulations. The Police Department shall certify the condition of the vehicle only after it meets the standards set out in the regulations.
(c) If the taxicab company shall remove any vehicle from public service, the Police Department shall be so notified. The taxicab company shall not put another replacement vehicle into service without its first having been inspected and certified as to its condition. The failure of the taxicab company to comply with this section shall be cause for the revocation of the certificate of public convenience and necessity by the Mayor and such certificate shall not be reissued. The taxicab company shall, if it desires to re-enter business as a taxicab company, follow the procedures as set out in Section 717.05 as a new applicant. Such taxicab company shall not be given credit for any fees paid under the previous certificate of public convenience and necessity.
(Ord. 1159. Passed 5-13-63.)