(A) Each application for a license to engage in, conduct, manage or carry on the business of operating a taxicab service shall be made in writing to Council and shall set forth:
(1) The name and address of the applicant;
(2) The number of taxicabs to be used in the business and a complete description of each taxicab;
(3) A statement that each taxicab used in the business will be operated by a person who is 21 years of age or older, who is of sound physical condition and who is the holder of a valid and unrevoked state driver’s license and chauffeur’s license;
(4) A statement that each taxicab used in the business will be covered by public liability and property damage insurance in amounts required by this subchapter; and
(5) A statement that public convenience and necessity require the taxicab service.
(B) Upon receipt of any such application by Council, the Mayor shall appoint a committee to investigate the same, which committee shall report the results of its investigation, together with its recommendations, at the next regular meeting of Council. Council shall thereupon consider the application, together with the report and recommendations of the committee. If Council finds that the public convenience and necessity require the operation of the taxicab service in the city and that each taxicab proposed to be used and sought to be licensed complies with the requirements of this subchapter, it shall, by resolution, direct the Business License Commissioner to issue the license upon payment of the required fee; otherwise, it shall deny the application and notify the applicant thereof.
(2000 Code, § 5.56.020)