(a) The license officer shall, within five days after receipt of application for an ambulance license as provided for herein, cause such investigation as he deems necessary to be made of the applicant and of his proposed operations.
(b) The license officer shall issue a license hereunder for a specified ambulance to be valid for a period of one year unless earlier suspended, revoked or terminated, when he finds:
(1) The public convenience and necessity require the proposed ambulance service.
(2) Each such ambulance, its required equipment and the premises designated in the application, have been certified by the license officer as provided for herein.
(3) The applicant is a responsible and proper person to conduct or work in the proposed business.
(4) Only duly licensed drivers, attendants and attendant-drivers are employed in such capacities.
(5) All the requirements of this chapter and all other applicable laws and ordinances have been met.
(c) Prior to the issuance of any ambulance license hereunder, the license officer shall cause to be inspected the vehicle, equipment and premises designated in each application hereunder and shall certify his approval in a written report to the Director of Public Service-Safety when he finds compliance with all the standards prescribed in this chapter, and with the regulations promulgated under such sections. However, under the terms of this chapter, the Director of Public Service-Safety shall have no responsibility and shall exercise no authority in connection with laws and ordinances of general applicability which deal with motor vehicle inspection.
(d) Subsequent to issuance of an ambulance license hereunder, the license officer shall cause to be inspected each such licensed vehicle and its equipment and premises whenever he deems such inspection to be necessary but, in any event, no less frequently than twice each year and shall promptly report his findings in a written report to the Director of Public Service-Safety.
The periodic inspection required hereunder shall be in addition to any other safety or motor vehicle inspection required to be made for ambulances or other motor vehicles or other inspections required to be made under general law or ordinances and shall not excuse compliance with any requirement of law or ordinance to display any official certificate of motor vehicle inspection and approval nor excuse compliance with the requirements of any other applicable general law or ordinance.
(e) A copy of each initial, semi-annual or other ambulance, equipment and premises inspection report submitted by the license officer to the Director of Public Service-Safety under the provisions of this section shall be promptly transmitted to the applicant or licensee to whom it refers.
(Ord. 13, 1970.)