The director and his delegates may inspect a taxicab service operating under this chapter to determine whether the service complies with this chapter, regulations established under this chapter, or other applicable law.
(Ordinance O-19-032, sec. 3, adopted 9/5/19)
Whenever a holder’s operating authority or a taxicab driver’s license is suspended, revoked, or denied or whenever a vehicle fails to pass inspection as a taxicab, the director may remove or require the surrender of all evidence of authorization as a holder, taxicab driver, or taxicab, including, but not limited to, removal or surrender of operating authority, licenses, permit cards, and signs, if applicable.
(Ordinance O-19-032, sec. 3, adopted 9/5/19)
Officers of the police department shall assist in the enforcement of this chapter. A police officer upon observing a violation of this chapter or the regulations established by the director shall take necessary enforcement action to insure the effective regulation of taxicab service.
(Ordinance O-19-032, sec. 3, adopted 9/5/19)
(a) 
If the director determines that a holder violates this chapter, terms of its operating authority, a regulation established by the director, or other law, the director may notify the holder in writing of the violation and by written order direct the holder to correct the violation within a reasonable period of time. In setting the time for correction the director shall consider the degree of danger to the public health or safety and the nature of the violation. If the violation involves equipment that is unsafe or functioning improperly, the director shall order the holder to immediately cease use of the equipment.
(b) 
If the director determines that a violation constitutes an imminent and serious threat to the public health or safety, the director shall order the holder to correct the violation immediately, and, if the holder fails to comply, the director shall promptly take or cause to be taken such action as he considers necessary to enforce the order immediately.
(c) 
The director shall include in a notice issued under this section an identification of the violation, the date of issuance of the notice and the time period within which the violation must be corrected, a warning that failure to comply with the order may result in suspension or revocation of operating authority or imposition of a fine or both, and a statement indicating that the order may be appealed to the city manager.
(Ordinance O-19-032, sec. 3, adopted 9/5/19)
(a) 
A holder shall designate and maintain a representative to receive service of notice required under this chapter to be given a holder and to serve notice required under this chapter to be given a driver employed by a holder.
(b) 
Notice required under this chapter to be given:
(1) 
A holder, or the holder’s designated representative, must be personally served by the director; or
(2) 
A driver licensed by the city under article III must be personally served or sent by certified United States mail, five (5) day return receipt requested, to the address, last known to the director, of the person to be notified, or to the designated representative for drivers.
(c) 
Notice required under this chapter to be given a person other than a driver licensed under article III or a holder may be served in the manner prescribed by subsection (b)(2).
(d) 
Service executed in accordance with this section constitutes notice to the person to whom the notice is addressed. The date of service for notice that is mailed is the date received.
(e) 
This section does not apply to notice served under section 27-39.
(Ordinance O-19-032, sec. 3, adopted 9/5/19)
(a) 
A holder may appeal a correction order issued under section 27-103 or any other action of the director if an appeal is requested in writing not more than ten (10) days after notice of the order or action is received.
(b) 
The city manager or his designated representative shall act as the appeal hearing officer in an appeal hearing under this section. The hearing officer shall give the appealing party an opportunity to present evidence and make argument in his behalf. The formal rules of evidence do not apply to an appeal hearing under this section, and the hearing officer shall make his ruling on the basis of a preponderance of evidence presented at the hearing.
(c) 
The hearing officer may affirm, modify, or reverse all or a part of the order of the director. The decision of the hearing officer is final.
(Ordinance O-19-032, sec. 3, adopted 9/5/19)