(a) Non-use. Whenever any person, firm or corporation holding one or more permits for taxicabs or motor vehicles for hire/limousines shall for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days fail to make a reasonable and consistent effort to operate any such taxicab or motor vehicle for hire/limousine, except on account of an emergency over which the owner of the permit has no control, the Board of Review may revoke the permit for such vehicle or vehicles; provided that this section shall not apply in the case of permits which have been suspended in accordance with the provisions of Section 773.18.
(b) Employment of unlicensed drivers. No holder of any taxicab or motor vehicle for hire/limousine permit shall allow the permitted vehicle to be driven for hire by anyone who does not possess a public vehicle operator's license.
(c) Unsafe and unsanitary condition. Every public vehicle shall be kept in a safe and sanitary operating condition, with the vehicle cleaned regularly inside and out and maintained with a neat and clean appearance, including, but not limited to, the presence of no visible body rust, no torn or ripped interior surfaces and no missing parts. Whenever a public vehicle is found by any law enforcement officer not to be in a neat, clean, safe and sanitary operating condition, the Board of Review may suspend or revoke the permit of such public vehicle.
(d) Unlawful use. Upon information that any unlawful use of a permitted vehicle has occurred with the knowledge of the person holding the permit for such public vehicle, or the knowledge of the operator of such vehicle, the Board of Review may suspend or revoke the permit for the vehicle involved or the public vehicle operator's license of the driver involved, or both.
(e) Misrepresentation in obtaining a permit or public vehicle operator's license. Whenever it shall appear upon investigation and hearing by the Board of Review that a permit or public vehicle operator's license issued hereunder has been obtained by misrepresentation, the Board of Review may revoke such license and/or permit.
(f) Improper or incorrect taximeter. Following a conviction for violation of Section 783.15, it shall be mandatory for the Board of Review to revoke the permit of the vehicle concerned.
(g) In the event that a law enforcement officer issues a citation for a violation of this section, the officer may, in addition to any penalties permitted by state or local law, tow and impound the vehicle pursuant to Toledo Municipal Code § 303.08 or immobilize the vehicle at its current location and may administratively revoke on a temporary basis the owner's permit until such time of the next regular Board of Review meeting. Provided, however, that any owner or company that has not had a previous temporary revocation whose permit is temporarily revoked may petition the Board of Review to, for good cause shown, hear the matter prior to its next regular meeting. Upon hearing by the Board of Review, under circumstances where a vehicle is so driven, the Board of Review may suspend or revoke the permit for the vehicle concerned.
(Ord. 304-08. Passed 10-7-08.)