Any person applying for a license to engage in the taxicab business under the provisions of this chapter shall have a right of appeal from the act of the Mayor or his or her designee in refusing to issue a license in the first instance, from the Mayor's or his or her designee's order or decision revoking any license which has previously been issued, or from the order of the Mayor or his or her designee establishing a regular and exclusive parking place or stand, in case the applicant believes the parking place or stand as established is not suitable for his or her business.
The aggrieved party shall have the right to appeal to a board composed of the Director of Safety and Service, the Chief of Police and the Chairperson of the Safety Committee of Council. The Board, after a full hearing, shall have the power to sustain or modify the decision of the Mayor or his or her designee or to order the license granted, the power to modify, sustain or revoke the decision of the Mayor or his or her designee in revoking the license, and the power to modify or sustain the order of the Mayor or his or her designee establishing a regular and exclusive parking place or stand for the applicant, or to establish, in lieu thereof, such other regular and exclusive parking space or stand as the Board may deem suitable for the applicant's business. In all cases, the decision of the Board shall be final.
The party appealing from the decision of the Mayor or his or her designee shall leave notice, in writing, of his or her intention to appeal at the office of the Mayor within ten days after the receipt of the notice from the Mayor or his or her designee.
(Ord. 97-93. Passed 4-21-97.)