The director may deny any taxicab fleet association permit if the director determines that one or more of the following circumstances exist:
A. The application received is incomplete;
B. The application contains a false or misleading statement or omission of a material fact;
C. The taxicab fleet association fails to meet any of the requirements as set forth in this article;
D. Any of the taxicab fleet association's owners, officers, directors, partners, agents or other persons vested with the authority to manage or direct the affairs of the association has been charged in an indictment issued by a grand jury, or in an information, complaint or similar pleading issued by the United States Attorney, district attorney, city attorney or other governmental official or agency authorized to prosecute crimes, with a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year or with a crime involving moral turpitude; and those criminal proceedings are currently pending;
E. Any of the taxicab fleet association's owners, officers, directors, partners, agents and other persons vested with the authority to manage or direct the affairs of the association, has been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, or a crime involving moral turpitude;
F. The taxicab fleet association or any of its owners, officers, directors, partners, agents and other persons vested with the authority to manage or direct the affairs of the association, has any unpaid and overdue administrative penalties imposed for violations of this chapter;
G. The applicant has not paid the applicable business operations tax pursuant to Chapter 3.08;
H. Within twelve (12) months of the date of application, either the taxicab fleet association has had its taxi-cab fleet association permit revoked; or any of the association's owners, officers, directors, partners, agents or other persons vested with the authority to manage or direct the affairs of the association were associated with another taxicab fleet association that had its taxicab fleet association permit revoked; or
I. Operation of the taxicab fleet association is a threat to the public health, safety or welfare. (Ord. 2010-028 § 2)