(A) The taxicab permit required by this article may be revoked or suspended by the City Council, as its sound and reasonable discretion may determine if it shall appear to the City Council that any of the following conditions exist:
(1) Any of the qualifications required for the granting of the taxicab permit are no longer met by permittee or his or her vehicle; (Vehicle permits shall not be suspended or revoked on the ground that public convenience or necessity no longer require the operation of the vehicle.)
(2) The permittee has been convicted of any violation or restriction imposed upon him or her as owner or lessee under this chapter or that he or she has become bankrupt; or
(3) For any other reasonable cause the permittee’s vehicle has ceased to be a fit and proper vehicle to be operated as a taxicab or automobile for hire.
(B) For the purpose of ascertaining whether any cause exists for the suspension or revocation of a taxicab permit under this section, the Chief of Police may, and on direction of the City Council or upon complaint shall, cause strict inquiry to be made into the conduct of the permittee, the sufficiency and validity of his or her security and the condition of his or her taxicabs.
(`61 Code, § 22.15) (Ord. 303, passed 4-17-1956)