(A) Hearing on application. Upon receipt of application for franchise, the Board shall fix a time and place for hearing the applicant. No franchise shall be granted unless the Board shall find, after hearing, that the public convenience and necessity require the proposed ambulance service. In determining whether the public convenience and necessity require the operation of the ambulance(s) for which application for franchise is made, the Board will consider and investigate the statements made in the application, the adequacy of the existing ambulance service, the financial responsibility, experience, and character of the applicant, the public need for additional service, the ability of existing holders of certificates to provide any necessary additional service, and any other factors pertinent to such determination.
(B) Issuance of franchise. On finding that the public convenience and necessity require the proposed ambulance service, the Board shall grant to the applicant a franchise on the terms and conditions described by this chapter, provided:
(1) The applicant shall have complied with all the provisions of this chapter;
(2) The ambulance(s) proposed to be operated under said franchise shall be found to meet the requirements of the rules and regulations governing ambulance service adopted by the State Department of Human Resources or a representative thereof;
(3) There are no unsatisfied judgments of record against the applicant; and
(4) The court record, if any, of the applicant is such as would conform to the public interest on granting of this franchise.
(1996 Code, § 95.04) (Ord. passed 9-21-1998)