No person shall engage in the business of operating or causing to be operated any taxicab upon the streets, alleys or public ways of the city without having first obtained a license for each such taxicab. No such license shall be granted except upon certification of the Chief of Police and upon approval of the City Commission. Upon application made for any new taxicab license, as distinguished from any renewal thereof, the Commission shall consider the question of whether public convenience and necessity require the operation of such taxicab. The Commission shall consider the number of taxicabs operating in the city and whether the demands of the public require additional taxicab service and traffic conditions on the streets of the city and whether the additional taxicab service will result in a greater hazard to the public and such other relevant facts as the Commission may deem advisable. The judgment of the Commission on the question of public necessity and convenience shall be conclusive. The fee for such license shall be as prescribed in § 110.21.
(1990 Code, § 7.82)