(A) (1) The Mayor shall investigate and hold a hearing as to each application for license for a taxicab or auto-for-hire. If the Mayor finds, in investigation and hearing, that public convenience and necessity justify operation of the vehicle for which a license is desired, the Mayor shall notify the applicant of his or her finding.
(2) Within 60 days, the applicant shall furnish the Mayor with additional required information and if the Mayor finds that the applicant is the owner of the vehicle for which a license is desired, and that the vehicle is safe and fit conveyance, and that it complies with all the requirements of this subchapter, the Mayor shall issue a license to the applicant on payment of the license fee and the furnishing of bond or insurance required.
(3) If the applicant does not comply with the requirements of this section within 60 days, the Mayor’s finding shall be null and void.
(B) If the Mayor finds from an investigation and hearing that public convenience and necessity do not justify operation of the vehicle for which a license is desired, the Mayor shall notify the applicant of this finding.
(1967 Code, § 112.04) (Ord. O-23-42, passed 6-8-1942)