(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a taxicab on the streets, alleys or highways of the town until he or she shall have received a license from the Board of Commissioners to engage in the business of operating such taxicabs, and a certificate of convenience and necessity as heretofore set forth. An application for such license shall be filed with the Chief of Police and shall contain the following: full name and address of the owners, a complete description of the vehicle, the place of business from which it will be operated, and a statement to the effect that the public liability and property damage insurance, as required by the town, has been filed with the Town Administrator/Clerk or as the Board of Commissioners may direct. A separate application shall be submitted for each taxicab proposed to be used.
(B) The Town Administrator/Clerk shall submit the application to the Board of Commissioners, and the Board of Commissioners shall make such investigations as to the fitness of the applicant to operate a taxicab, and to determine whether or not public convenience and necessity requires or will be promoted by the operation of such taxicab. If, after such investigations, the Board of Commissioners is of the opinion that the applicant is a suitable person to operate such taxicab and will use due diligence in safeguarding and protecting its passengers and the interest of the public will be promoted by permitting its operation, the application shall be approved and the Town Administrator/Clerk shall issue to the applicant an operator’s license and certificate of convenience. If the Board of Commissioners is of the opinion either that the applicant is not a suitable person to engage in the business of operating taxicabs in the town, or that the public convenience and necessity does not require and will not be promoted by the licensing of an additional taxicab, the application shall be denied. The applicant shall be notified when the application will be considered by the Board of Commissioners, and shall be given an opportunity to attend and be heard.
(1992 Code, § 115.08) (Ord. passed 9-12-1957) Penalty, see § 115.99