(A) Except as herein provided, a license to operate a taxicab company and a permit to operate a taxi shall be denied, revoked or suspended by the City Manager when either of the following has occurred with respect to any licensee or permittee:
(1) Conviction of a felony within the past five years;
(2) Conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude;
(3) Conviction of a major traffic offense within the past five years;
(4) Repeated violation of the laws of the state;
(5) Repeated violation of the ordinances of the city;
(6) Violation of the terms of this subchapter;
(7) Physical or mental illness or disability which may make the operation of a taxicab hazardous to members of the public; or
(8) Engaging in any of the following acts of misconduct:
(a) Allow another person to use his or her driver’s permit;
(b) Operate a taxi while under the influence of intoxicants or in a careless or reckless manner;
(c) Use a taxicab in the commission of any crime; or
(d) Defraud a passenger in any way.
(B) Upon receiving information that any licensee or permittee has engaged in any conduct prohibited by division (A) above, or has been convicted in any manner proscribed by division (A) above, the City Manager shall give written notice by United States Mail to the licensee/permittee at his or her last known address or by personally delivering the notice to him or her, stating that unless the licensee/permittee appears at the office of the City Manager in the City Hall, at a designated date and hour, which shall be not sooner than five days nor longer than 14 days from the date the notice is mailed or is personally delivered, and shows good cause why his or her license/permit should not be revoked, it will be revoked. The notice shall state the reason for the revocation or proposed revocation. After hearing the evidence produced by licensee/permittee, the City Manager shall, within five days thereafter, make a determination as to whether the license/permit should be revoked.
(C) The City Manager shall have the authority to summarily and without prior notice suspend a license and permit for a period of ten days where facts of a strong and convincing nature come into his or her possession causing him or her to have strong reason to believe that the licensee/permittee’s license/permit should be revoked under the provisions of this subchapter and that the following of the procedure of giving notice as set forth in division (B) above could reasonably result in serious or irreparable injury to the best interests of the city and/or its citizens. At the same time the City Manager issues a suspension order as provided in this section, he or she shall forward a notice to the licensee/permittee for a hearing as provided in division (B) above.
(Prior Code, § 110.037) (Ord. 984, passed 9-15-1980; Ord. 1166, passed 7-2-2001)