(a) No person shall operate or permit a taxicab owned or controlled by him to be operated as a vehicle for hire upon the streets of the City without having first obtained a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the City Manager.
(b) Any person violating this section is guilty of operating a taxicab without a certificate, a minor misdemeanor, and shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each such offense.
(Ord. 1070. Passed 9-2-86.)