§ 116.021 ISSUANCE.
   (A)   The City Council or designee, by resolution, may, in its discretion, limit by policy the total number of taxicab operating permits to be granted. The City Council or designee will review on an annual basis the limit on the total number of operating permits available and make changes, if any. An operating permit, whether or not limited in number, shows that by its issuance the convenience and necessity of the public requires the operation of the taxicab.
   (B)   The City Council authorizes the City Manager or his or her designee to issue operating permits to any applicant or applicants subject to conditions as the City Council may deem advisable or necessary in the public interest and upon payment of a regulatory fee provided by § 116.029. The operating permits shall be issued for a period of one year and be renewable annually upon payment of a regulatory fee provided by § 116.029.
   (C)   No operating permit shall be issued to or renewed by any person who shall not have fully complied with all of the prerequisite requirements of this chapter before the commencement of the operation of the proposed service.
   (D)   When the operating permit has been authorized, and upon determination by the City Manager or his or her designee that the color scheme is sufficiently distinctive as not to cause confusion with other taxicab vehicles already operating, and that the taxicab vehicle, after appropriate inspection, meets the requirements of this chapter, the City Manager or his or her designee will issue for each taxicab vehicle a numbered medallion to be affixed to the outside left rear portion of the taxicab vehicle for which the operating permit is issued, in plain view from the rear of the taxicab vehicle. Loss or destruction or defacing of the medallion shall be reported to the City Manager or his or her designee. No vehicle shall be operated while there is affixed thereto a medallion issued pursuant to this division (D) unless, pursuant to this chapter, the vehicle’s use as a taxicab has been authorized and the driver of the vehicle has been authorized to drive a taxicab for the operating permit holder to whom the medallion was issued.
   (E)   The privilege of engaging in the business of operating a taxicab vehicle in the city granted in the operating permit is personal to operating permit holders. The rights and the requirements and responsibilities which attach to the operating permit remain with the holder at all times, the taxicab vehicle is operated in the city under the authority of the operating permit. These rights, requirements and responsibilities, which include, but are not limited to, the requirements of this chapter, will remain unaffected by any agreement or contractual arrangement between the operating permit holders, irrespective of the form or characterization of the agreement under which the operating permit holder and/or driver operates the taxicab vehicle.
   (F)   The operating permit holder shall, in the case of any change in business address or telephone, notify the City Manager or his or her designee in writing of the change within 48 hours of the effective date of the change.
(Prior Code, § 17-21) (Ord. passed 5-26-1992)