A. When considering whether to grant, amend, extend, or renew a license, the city council shall hold a public hearing on the question. Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be published as provided in Iowa Code section 362.3. The city council shall consider the petition and any objections filed to it. It shall examine the proposed route or cause any engineer selected by it to do so. It may hear testimony as may aid it in determining the propriety of granting the license. It may grant the license in whole or in part upon the terms, conditions, and restrictions, and with the modifications as to location and route as may seem to it just and proper.
B. A license shall not become effective until the petitioner shall pay, or file an agreement to pay, all costs and expenses of the license proceeding, whether or not objections are filed, including costs of inspections or examinations of the route, hearing, publishing of notice, and any other expenses reasonably attributable to it. (Ord. 15-13, 3-4-2013)