No permit shall be granted to any carrier, as defined in Section 5.76.020, except after a hearing thereon, conducted under and in accordance with such rules and regulations as may, from time to time, be prescribed therefore by the Mayor and City Council and until the Department of Finance and Management Services shall have determined that the public convenience and necessity require the operation proposed by the applicant for such permit. The Department of Finance and Management Services, in determining whether or not such facts exist, shall take into consideration the public demand for such service, the adequacy or inadequacy of service being rendered by other carriers, the effect of such service upon traffic, the financial responsibility of the applicant, the amount of wages to be paid to employees, the character of equipment proposed to be furnished, and any and all other facts which the Department of Finance and Management Services may deem relevant. Before granting any such permit, the Department of Finance and Management Services shall require its authorized officer to present an oral or written report which shall include his or her opinion as to the existence of public convenience and necessity for the operation proposed by the applicant. However, the burden of establishing the existence of public convenience and necessity shall always be borne by the applicant, and no permit shall be issued unless there has been an affirmative showing of the existence of such public convenience and necessity by such applicant. The foregoing provisions and requirements shall also apply where an increase in service is requested.
(Ord. MC-1625, 2-21-24; Ord. MC-1480, 4-18-18; Ord. 3022, 10-21-69; Ord. 1987, 7-07-53)