(A) The Town Council may at any time, after a public hearing, revoke any certificate issued by authority of this subchapter for any one or more of the following causes:
(1) Failure to operate the taxicabs specified in the certificate in such a manner as to serve the public adequately and efficiently;
(2) Failure to maintain motor equipment in good repair;
(3) Failure to carry liability insurance or bond as required by law;
(4) Failure to pay the municipal taxes or license fees imposed upon taxicabs;
(5) Repeated and persistent violation by the taxicab drivers of traffic and safety ordinances, or state or federal laws relating to alcoholic beverages, narcotic drugs or prostitution;
(6) Failure to report accidents;
(7) Willful failure to comply with any provision of this chapter or other ordinances or state laws relating to the operation of taxicabs; or
(8) Any other matter which would have prevented the issuance of the permit as provided in § 113.19.
(B) No certificate shall be revoked until the owner has had at least five days’ notice given by the Clerk by personal service or registered mail of the charges against him or her, and of the time and place of a hearing on such charges to be held by the Town Council. If after the hearing it is found that the owner is guilty of one or more of the offenses listed herein, the Town Council shall have the power to revoke the certificate, or to condition a revocation upon compliance with its order within any time fixed by it.
(1991 Code, § 18-55) (Ord. passed 8-5-1975; Ord. passed 12-1-2009)