(A) Application. An applicant for an ambulance operator's permit shall file his application with the Council, which application shall be signed and verified by the applicant, be accompanied by the fee required, and set forth the following information:
(1) The name, business, and residence address of the applicant;
(2) The fictitious name, if any, under which such applicant does business or proposes to do business;
(3) The number and type, age, condition, and patient capacity of each ambulance proposed to be operated by the applicant, stating the make, year of manufacture, special equipment installed or proposed to be installed in each such ambulance, and whether such ambulances are or will be operated as authorized emergency vehicles;
(4) The color scheme, insignia, name, monogram, or other distinguishing characteristics to be used to designate the private ambulances of the applicant;
(5) The schedule of rates proposed to be charged for ambulance service;
(6) The experience of the applicant in the transportation and care of wounded, injured, and sick persons;
(7) The financial status of the applicant, including the amounts of unpaid judgments against the applicant, and the nature of the transaction or acts giving rise to such judgments; and,
(8) Any facts which the applicant believes tend to prove that the public convenience and necessity require the granting of a permit, and such other information as the Council may require.
('63 Code, § 6-2.03)
(B) Application hearing. Upon the filing of a fully completed application for a permit to engage in the business of operating an ambulance, the City Clerk shall fix a time for a public hearing thereon before the Council for the purpose of determining whether the public convenience and necessity require the proposed service. No permit shall be granted until the Council shall, after investigation and hearing, declare by resolution that the public convenience and necessity require the proposed service and that the same will promote the convenience, safety, and welfare of the general public.
('63 Code, § 6-2.04)
(C) Application; notice of hearing. Notice of such hearing shall be given to all persons to whom permits for the operation of ambulances have been theretofore issued. Due notice of the time and place of the public hearing before the Council shall also be given to the general public by causing a notice of such hearing to be published twice in a newspaper of general circulation in the city, the first publication to be made at least ten days before the hearing and the second publication to be made at least five days before the hearing.
('63 Code, § 6-2.05)
(D) Fee. The fee which shall be submitted with the application for an ambulance operator's permit shall be in the sum of $50 to cover administrative and other costs incident to such application. The required application fee shall not be returned in the event the permit applied for is refused, revoked, or suspended as provided for in this chapter.
('63 Code, § 6-2.08)
(Ord. 2858, passed 2-7-61) Penalty, see § 10.99