Upon filing of the fully completed application for the certificate of public convenience and necessity, the City Clerk shall fix the time for a public hearing thereon before the City Council for the purpose of determining whether the public convenience and necessity require the proposed water company. No certificate shall be granted until the Council shall, after hearing, declare by resolution that the public convenience and necessity require the proposed water company.
('61 Code, § 24.101) (Ord. 631, passed - - )