(a) Reasons. The Director of Public Safety, after notice and a hearing, may permanently revoke or temporarily suspend the taxicab driver's license of any licensed driver for any of the following reasons:
(1) The licensee has obtained a license by any false statement in his application or has made any misrepresentation or false statement in his affidavit in applying for a duplicate badge.
(2) The licensee has become physically or mentally incapable of driving a taxicab.
(3) The licensee has been convicted of, or has pleaded guilty to, a crime involving moral turpitude.
(4) The licensee has contracted and is suffering from a communicable social disease, in which case his license shall be reinstated when satisfactory proof is presented to the Director, by medical certificate, of complete recovery.
(b) Notice. The Director of Public Safety shall notify the driver of any hearing of the Director involving the suspension or revocation of a license and shall require such driver to turn in his certificate, license and identification card. Such notification shall be by registered or certified mail, directed to the last address of the driver on file with the Director.
(c) Appeal. The Mayor shall hear appeals from the action of the Director in matters of denial, suspension or revocation of licenses.
A driver who has been refused a license or whose license has been denied, suspended or revoked may, except where the denial, suspension or revocation is mandatory, appeal to the Mayor within ten days after the date of mailing of the notice of denial, suspension or revocation. The Mayor may consider such appeal in whatever manner it may determine and its decision thereon shall be final.
(Ord. 87-56. Passed 12-7-87; Ord. 12-11. Passed 4-16-12.)