A driver's license may be suspended or revoked at any time by the Director of Public Safety upon his own initiative or upon the recommendation of the Chief of Police. Before suspending or revoking the license the Director shall afford the licensee the opportunity of a hearing upon the charges. The licensee may appeal from the order in the following manner:
In case of the refusal to issue a license or the revocation or suspension of a license by the Director, the applicant or licensee may appeal from the order to a Board of Appeals composed of the Director of Law, Director of Finance and Chief of Police, or any member of the department who may be so designated to act for the Directors and Chief or any one of them. Notice of the appeal shall be in writing and shall be filed with the Safety Director within ten days after the making of the order. The Board of Appeals within three days after the filing with the Safety Director of the notice of appeal shall proceed with the hearing of the appeal, at which hearing all parties interested shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard, and the Board of Appeals shall approve, modify or annul such order from which the appeal has been perfected, and the finding of the Board of Appeals shall be final on all parties thereto.
A second suspension for the same reason, or in any case a third suspension for any reason of a driver's license shall operate as a revocation of the license. No driver whose license has been revoked shall again be licensed as a taxicab driver in the City unless upon the presentation of reasons satisfactory to the Safety Director. The Safety Director shall notify the Police Department of all suspensions or revocations of drivers' licenses.
(Ord. 1951-36. Passed 12-27-51.)