(A) Application. Any person desiring to engage in bus service in the city shall make application to the Chief of Police or his or her designated director for a license pursuant to this subchapter, and such application shall contain the following information:
(1) Name, business and residence address of the applicant;
(2) Make, style and/or other description of the vehicles to be used, including the state motor vehicle license tag number, if any; and
(3) Routes over which vehicles will run, and their termini.
(B) Fee. A non-refundable application fee of $150 shall accompany the application. An annual permit can be renewed if qualifications are met and $150 renewal fee paid. The holder of an annual permit shall pay the city a permit fee of $100 a year for each bus authorized by the permit. The City Commission shall periodically by acclamation or other order, at its discretion, set annual license fees which shall be paid by each licensee or applicant for a license, including the times for payment and method of collecting and accounting for such fees.
(C) Issuance. Upon presentation of such application and after investigation of such application, if in the exercise of good discretion the interests of the public so require, the Chief of Police or his or her designated director may grant the applicant a license to conduct a bus service in the city as authorized by this subchapter.
(D) Privileges granted by license. Upon issuance of the license, it shall be lawful for the person named in the license to operate, in accordance with the terms thereof, such vehicle in a bus service unless such license has expired or is suspended or revoked.
(E) Term; transfer. All licenses granted under this subchapter shall be valid for one year from date of issue, unless suspended or revoked sooner. No license granted under the terms of this subchapter shall be transferable.
(F) Driver qualifications. Drivers must meet the qualifications as set out in § 113.056 below.
(1998 Code, § 126-313) (Ord. 93-74, passed 1-19-1994; Ord. 13-16, passed 6-19-2003)