(a) No taxicab operator's licenses to operate a particular taxicab or taxicabs shall be issued unless a Board consisting of the City Manager, Director of Finance and Chief of Police shall make a recommendation as to the issuance of additional operator's licenses in such number as may be set forth in the order so made and certified to the Finance Director, which recommendation shall be subject to ratification by Council.
Upon receipt of such ratification and the compliance with such other requirements as may hereafter be set forth, the Finance Director shall be authorized to issue the specified additional number of operator's licenses to the person, firm or corporation named in such order, in conformity with the provisions of this chapter. The Board shall hold public hearings at such times as are reasonably necessary to consider operator's licenses requests submitted to the Board which meeting shall be for the purpose of determining whether or not public convenience and necessity requires the issuance of such additional operator's licenses, the number of such licenses, if any, so required, and the person, firm or corporation to which such operator's licenses should be issued. All interested parties shall have the right to submit memoranda to and be heard by such Board at such public hearing with relation to such determination.
(b) Application for such orders and certification thereof shall be made by filing the same with the Finance Director not less than thirty days prior to the date of public hearing thereon. All applications shall be deemed to be public records and shall be available for inspection by all interested persons in the office of the Finance Director.
(Ord. 390. Passed 6-20-73.)