(A) Licenses granted under this subchapter shall remain the property of the city and are to be returned to the City Clerk's office during a period of suspension, after revocation, if the taxicab company ceases to operate, or if the taxicab driver shall cease to work as a taxicab driver for a period of 60 consecutive days.
(B) No taxicab business license or taxicab dispatch company license held by a corporation, association, partnership, individual, or other entity, shall be transferred to another except in accordance with the following procedure:
(1) Notice of the proposed transfer shall be delivered to the Taxicab Committee through the City Clerk's office at least 30 days prior to the date of the transfer.
(2) The notice of the proposed transfer shall include a new taxicab company business license application, with the initial fee, as outlined in §§ 118.10 and 118.13 of this subchapter. Approval of the proposed transfer of the license is contingent upon approval of the application by the party or parties who wish to hold the business license. The Committee on Administration will approve or disapprove the fitness of the proposed transferees as license holders within 21 days after receipt of notice of the proposed transfer and report its findings to the City Clerk who shall notify the taxicab company that requested the proposed transfer and the applicant of the committee's decision.
(3) Any business license transferred other than in accordance with this section shall be void and the business license shall at once be surrendered to the City Clerk.
(C) No taxicab vehicle license shall be displayed on any vehicle other than as outlined in § 118.15 of this subchapter.
(D) No taxicab driver's license shall be transferred to another individual.
(Ord. passed 4-4-95) Penalty, see § 118.99