(A) After examining all submitted applications for compliance with this chapter, the Board of Public Safety shall issue or deny permits to the qualifying applicants on a first-come, first-served basis, as determined by the date the application was submitted. Permits shall be issued or denied within 60 days after the date of the application submission.
(B) A minimum of one permitted four-door vehicle shall be required. No permits shall be issued to any individual or taxicab company who, upon initial application for permit, fails to qualify at least one vehicle for receipt of permits. Any person engaged in the taxicab business in the City under a permit first issued by the Board of Public Safety is prohibited from reducing the number of permits he holds to under one vehicle.
(C) Upon issuance of permits by the Board of Public Safety, permittee shall pay a permit fee to the City accounting clerk. The permit shall not be valid until said fee is paid. Permits shall be valid until December 31 of the year of issuance. All renewal permits shall be issued on a calendar year basis.
(D) The Board of Public Safety shall provide a metal number plate for each motor vehicle for which a permit has been issued and which is described in the schedule filed with the Board of Public Safety, which plate shall, at all times when such motor vehicle is being operated or used upon any public street, highway or other public place in the City as a taxicab, be conspicuously displayed on the front and rear thereof. In the event the holder of any permit desires to transfer such plate from the motor vehicle for which it was issued and use the same on another motor vehicle, he shall immediately notify the Board of Public Safety and furnish them with the name of the make, the serial number and the seating capacity of such motor vehicle to which such plate is to be transferred.
(Ord. G-30-90, passed 12-18-90; Am. Ord. G-7-10, passed 6-22-10; Am. Ord. G-9-16, passed 7-12-16)