(A) Permit required. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of operating or causing to be operated for hire any motor bus, pedicab or horse-drawn vehicle to transport persons over and along any public street in the city unless a permit from the Council shall first have been secured or without complying with each and every regulation set forth in this chapter pertaining to the business of operating for hire a motor bus, pedicab or horse-drawn vehicle for the transportation of persons. (‘63 Code, § 6-8.02)
(B) Application. An applicant for a permit to engage in the business of operating a motor bus shall file his application with the City Manager or his designee. The application shall be signed and verified by the applicant and shall contain the following information:
(1) The name and address of the applicant;
(2) The fictitious name, if any, under which the applicant does business or proposes to do business;
(3) The business address of the applicant or business address of the proposed place of business;
(4) The names and residence addresses of all managers, directors, officers, trustees, and/or other individuals connected, or professing to be collected, directly or indirectly, with the business;
(5) A description of the vehicles which the applicant proposes to use, giving the type, make, year of manufacture, and rated seating capacity of each such vehicle;
(6) The number of vehicles proposed to be used;
(7) The color scheme, insignia, name, monogram, or other distinguishing characteristics proposed to be used on such vehicles;
(8) A schedule of rates or fares to be charged;
(9) A description of the route over which the applicant intends to operate, showing schedules of stops and operating time;
(10) A brief statement of facts showing that the public convenience and necessity require the granting of such permit or license;
(11) A statement as to 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;
(12) A statement showing the experience of the applicant in the transportation of passengers; and,
(13) An agreement or promise of the applicant to conform to and comply with all the requirements of the permit to be granted, with all of the provisions and requirements of this chapter, and with all valid laws existing from time to time regulating the operation of motor vehicles in the city.
('63 Code, § 6-8.03)
(Ord. 2868, passed 6-6-61; Am. Ord. 232-C.S., passed 7-26-74; Am. Ord. 886-C.S., passed 6-4-19) Penalty, see § 10.99