The Board shall investigate and hold a hearing as to each application for an operator’s license of public convenience and necessity, and if said Board finds from said investigation and hearing that the public convenience and necessity justify the issuance of an operator’s certificate and that the equipment to be used by the applicant is safe and fit for taxicab service, that the applicant owns said equipment, and that the applicant is of good character and is financially responsible, the Board shall authorize the issuance of an operator’s certificate of public convenience and necessity upon the payment of the proper operator’s fee and the furnishing of the bond of issuance required.
If the Board finds from such investigation and hearing that the public convenience and necessity do not justify the issuance of an operator’s certificate or that the equipment to be used by the applicant is unsafe or unfit for taxicab service, or if the applicant does not own said equipment, or if the applicant is of bad character and is not financially responsible, the Board shall notify the applicant of its findings. The decision of the Board shall be final.
All operators’ certificates issued at the date of the passage of this chapter shall continue to be in force without a finding of public convenience and necessity by the Taxicab Board provided all other requirements of this chapter are complied with.
(Ord. 116-68. Passed 10-14-68.)