The Chief of Police shall suspend any taxi driver's permit and/or decal to operate a taxicab for a period of not to exceed two (2) weeks in the event that he determines that the public safety and welfare is endangered due to mechanical or operational defects which cannot be immediately made to comply with the provisions of this Chapter and the reasonable safety regulations imposed by him, by the City Council or by State law. In the event the Chief of Police suspends any permit or decal hereunder, he shall notify the City Manager who shall set the matter on the next regular agenda of the City Council for hearing. Notice of said hearing shall be sent to the permittee by certified mail. The Chief of Police shall report to the Council in writing the reasons for the suspension and the actions required to correct the mechanical or operational defect endangering the public health or safety. The Council after hearing on the suspension may affirm, reverse or modify the suspension or may, in the event that the suspension is affirmed, set a revocation hearing in the manner required by this Chapter for the revocation of the permit to conduct a taxicab business, the taxi drivers permit and/or the decal for the vehicle or any or all of them. Any suspension imposed shall remain in effect pending a hearing on the revocation of the permit or decal. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or to permit to be operated any taxicab subject to the suspension during the period of a suspension.
('65 Code, § 34-11) (Ord. No. 83-020 § 1; Ord. No. 2006-009 § 22 (part))