5-16A-2: LICENSE REQUIRED; FEE; EXEMPTIONS:

No person shall engage in the business of operating a private ambulance within the corporate limits of the City without first obtaining a City business license. "Engaging in the business of operating a private ambulance" shall include the operation of a private ambulance service from a business location established within the City or the operation of any ambulance upon the streets of the City by a private ambulance service while transporting a sick or injured person. The transport to any place located in the City of any sick, injured, wounded or otherwise incapacitated or helpless person from a point or origin outside the City limits, the nonstop transport through the City by an ambulance and operations by all ambulances exempt from the Emergency Medical Service Systems Act of the State are exempt from this licensing requirement. Also exempt from licensing under this Section is the operation of an ambulance merely as back-up to another ambulance operator; provided, that the transport of the sick or injured person was requested by the governmental agency responsible for dispatching emergency medical services. Persons licensed under this Section shall pay a license fee under Chapter 1, Article B of this Title.

(1979 Code § 5.06.020; Ord. 91-35, 8-29-1991; amd. Ord. 97-94, 12-16-1997)

5-16A-3: VERIFICATION OF STATE LICENSE:

No license shall be issued for the operation of a private ambulance business within the City except to those persons or entities who have been licensed by the State and no license shall be issued for the operation of an ambulance service if such operation is in conflict with service areas established by the State. The Business License Coordinator shall require verification from the State of the existence of a current and valid license and verification of the approved service area under the State license.

(1979 Code § 5.06.030; Ord. 91-35, 8-29-1991)

ARTICLE B. CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY

SECTION:

5-16B-1: Certificate Required For Operation

5-16B-2: Application; Information Required

5-16B-3: Insurance Required

5-16B-4: Additional Authority By Holders; Application

5-16B-5: Fees For Certificate; Additional Authority

5-16B-6: Issuance; Determination Authority

5-16B-7: Transfer Restrictions

5-16B-8: Suspension And Revocation; Conditions

5-16B-9: Vehicles; List Filed With Police Department

5-16B-1: CERTIFICATE REQUIRED FOR OPERATION:

All persons required by any ordinance of the City to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity as a condition of operating a public transportation for hire business within the City shall be governed by this Article. Nothing herein shall relieve any persons of the requirements of any other applicable City ordinance.

(1979 Code § 5.60.010; Ord. 98-54, 8-18-1998)

5-16B-2: APPLICATION; INFORMATION REQUIRED:

   A.   Submission; Information: An application for a certificate shall be filed with the Business License Coordinator upon forms provided by the City, and the application shall be verified under oath and shall furnish the following information:

      1.   The name and business address of the applicant and, in the event the application is made a corporation, a certified copy of the articles of incorporation. No application shall be made on behalf of another person, without disclosing that fact and stating the name of the person on whose behalf the application if filed. The application shall also include the residence address of all sole proprietor applicants, of all partners of partnership applicants and of all officers and directors of corporate applicants.

      2.   The number of vehicles actually operated by such applicant for public transportation for hire as of the date of such application.

      3.   The number of vehicles for which a certificate of public convenience and necessity is desired for public transportation for hire.

      4.   The location of the proposed central place of business and any other office to be maintained.

      5.   The financial status of the applicant, including any unpaid or nonbonded judgments of record against such applicant, the title of all actions and the amount of all such judgments, and the nature of the transaction or acts giving rise to such judgment.

      6.   The experience of applicant in public transportation of passengers for hire.

      7.   The color scheme or insignia to be used to designate the vehicle or vehicles of the applicant.

      8.   Any facts which the applicant believes tend to establish that public convenience and necessity would be served by the granting of a certificate.

   B.   Application; Public Hearing: Upon the filing of an application, the Mayor, or the Mayor's designee, shall fix a time and place for a public hearing thereon.

   C.   Hearing; Notice To Applicant, Other Holders And Public: Notice of the public hearing shall be given to the applicant, and to all persons to whom certificates of public convenience and necessity have been theretofore issued, by United States mail, and notice shall be given the general public of the City by posting a notice of such hearing in the office of the City Recorder and publishing, at least once, in a newspaper of general circulation in the City. Said notices shall be given at least ten (10) calendar days prior to said hearing.

(1979 Code § 5.60.020; Ord. 98-54, 8-18-1998)