(a) The Administrator shall enforce this article and may designate additional individuals, as approved by the City Manager, to enforce this article.
(b) The Administrator may adopt procedures to administer this article.
(c) The Administrator may inspect any transportation-for-hire vehicle to determine whether the transportation-for-hire vehicle complies with this article and all other applicable law.
(d) For the sole purpose of verifying that an operating authority is in compliance with the requirements of this article and no more frequently than annually, the Administrator shall have the right to visually inspect a sample of records that the operating authority is required to maintain. The sample shall be chosen randomly in a manner agreeable to both parties.
(e) In response to a specific complaint against any driver or operating authority, the Administrator is authorized to inspect records held by the driver or the operating authority that are necessary to investigate and resolve the complaint. The operating authority and the Administrator shall endeavor to have the inspection take place at a mutually agreed location within the city or submitted electronically. Any record furnished to the Administrator may exclude information that would tend to identify specific drivers or passengers unless the identity of a driver or passenger is relevant to the complaint.
(f) If any records inspected by the Administrator under this article are designated as proprietary or confidential by an operating authority and are the subject of a request under the Texas Public Information Act, then the city shall notify the operating authority as required by the Texas Public Information Act and shall seek an opinion from the Texas Attorney General as to the confidentiality of any information designated as proprietary or confidential by the operating authority.
(Ord. No.4088, § 2, 12-8-16)