No license to operate a vehicle for hire shall be issued unless and until the City Council shall by resolution declare that public convenience requires the licensing of such vehicle for which application is made and issued a certificate of public convenience therefor.
A. Authority To Issue Certificate: The Council shall have the power and it shall be their duty to issue such certificate of convenience, or to refuse to issue the same, according as their judgment the public convenience of the City and its inhabitants may require. Upon receipt of an application and in determining whether such convenience requires the licensing of a vehicle, said Council shall take into consideration:
1. Whether the demands of public convenience require such proposed or additional transportation service.
2. The financial responsibility of the applicant and likelihood of the proposed service being permanent, responsible and satisfactory.
3. The number, kind, type and condition of equipment.
4. The number of vehicles for hire now operating in the City and the increased traffic condition and demand for increased parking spaces upon the streets in the City by the public both vehicular and pedestrian will be preserved.
5. Any such further investigation or relevant factors as the City deem advisable and necessary.
B. Decision Of Council Final: The findings and decisions of the City Council upon all questions of public convenience shall be final and conclusive. No license shall be issued to operate less than five (5) days a week, nor less than six (6) hours daily. The City Council may at any time after hearing and for good cause suspend, alter, amend or revoke any such license. (Ord. 272, 1970)