(A) The Town Council may at any time, after a public hearing, revoke any certificate issued by authority of this chapter for any one or more of the following causes:
(1) Failure to operate the taxicabs specified in the certificate, or other taxicabs substituted therefor, in a manner so as to serve the public adequately and efficiently;
(2) Failure to maintain taxicabs in good order and repair;
(3) Failure to maintain insurance or bond as required by this chapter;
(4) Failure to pay the town taxes or permit fees imposed upon the taxicabs;
(5) Repeated and persistent violation by drivers of ordinances or state laws pertaining to traffic, safety, alcoholic beverages, drug trafficking or prostitution;
(6) Operation of taxicabs in furtherance of criminal behavior of the passengers, including, but not limited to, prostitution and drug trafficking, when the operator knew or should have known passengers were using the taxicabs for criminal activities;
(7) Failure to report any accident as herein required, however slight; and/or
(8) Failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter or other ordinances or state laws relating to the operation of taxicabs.
(B) No certificate shall be revoked until the owner has had at least five-days' notice by personal service or registered mail of the charges or complaints against him, and of the time and place of the hearing. If, after the hearing, it is found that the owner has committed the offenses listed herein, the Town Council shall have the power to revoke the certificate, or to condition a revocation upon compliance with its order within any time fixed by the Town Council.
(Ord. passed 2-1-99)