No person shall operate any vehicle for hire
in the City, without first having obtained a business license from
the City Clerk authorizing such operation. The licensee must be the
owner or lessee of all vehicles for hire operated under its authority.
A.
All persons applying for a business license for one
or more vehicles for hire shall file with the City Clerk a sworn application
therefor on forms provided by the City Clerk stating as follows:
(1)
The name and address of the owner or owners. In the
event that the owner is a copartnership or a corporation, a certified
copy of the certificate of a copartnership or the articles of incorporation
must accompany the application.
(2)
The number of vehicles for hire actually owned or
leased and operated by such owner on the date of such application.
(3)
The number of vehicles for which a vehicle for hire
business license is desired.
(4)
Such other information as the City Clerk may require.
A.
The City Commission may establish, by resolution or
motion, license fees for business licenses, vehicle licenses and license
tags in such amounts as they shall deem appropriate from time-to-time
to defray the reasonable costs of supervision regulation and control
connected with the issuance of these licenses. No such licenses shall
be issued unless and until the prescribed fee therefor has been paid.
B.
If any person holding a business license shall have
such license revoked for any reason whatsoever, and other holders
of business licenses shall, during the same license year in which
such revocation is effected, place additional vehicles for hire in
operation on the streets of the City, such vehicles for hire so placed
in operation, not exceeding the number authorized under the business
license so revoked, shall be authorized to operate without the payment
of additional fees, until the expiration of such license year.
[Amended 9-30-1996 by Ord. No. 1623]
For each person who files a properly completed
application for a business license, the Clerk, upon approval by the
Chief of Public Safety, shall issue a business license, provided the
applicant has complied with all the provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 9-30-1996 by Ord. No. 1623]
Every vehicle for hire owner shall maintain
on file, with the City Clerk, his or her name, business address, garage
address, and all business telephone numbers listed in his or her name,
and shall, within 48 hours after any change therein, report such change
to the City Clerk.
[Amended 9-30-1996 by Ord. No. 1623]
Any change of ownership of, or title to, any
vehicle for hire shall automatically revoke any license previously
granted for the operation of such vehicle for hire unless the purchaser
shall obtain the approval of the City Clerk for assignment or transfer
of the license to him or her. Such approval shall be granted only
upon a written application signed by the vendor and proposed vendee,
setting forth the purpose, terms, conditions, and all of the facts
of such assignment or transfer. The purchaser shall provide to the
City Clerk, prior to the approval of such assignment or transfer,
such other information as the Clerk may require consistent with the
provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 9-30-1996 by Ord. No. 1623]
A.
Whenever an owner sells or transfers title to a vehicle
for hire for which a vehicle license or license tag has been issued,
and within 30 days after such sale or transfer, purchases other vehicles
for hire, the City Clerk, as a matter of right, upon written application
within 30 days of such purchase, shall issue a new vehicle license
or license tag for the operation of no greater number of vehicles
for hire than those so sold or transferred, provided such owner has
complied with all of the provisions of this chapter.
B.
Any owner whose vehicle for hire for which a vehicle
license or license tag has been issued, destroys involuntarily or
who voluntarily destroys any such vehicle for hire will, as a matter
of right, upon written application to the City Clerk, within 30 days
after such destruction, be issued a new vehicle license or license
tag for the operation of no greater number of vehicles for hire than
those so destroyed, upon satisfactory evidence presented to the City
Clerk of such destruction, and provided the owner has complied with
all provisions of this chapter.
An owner who shall permanently retire any vehicle
for hire from service, and not replace the same within 30 days thereof,
shall immediately surrender the vehicle license or license tag issued
for the operation of such vehicle for hire to the City Clerk.
All business licenses, vehicle licenses, and
license tags shall expire at midnight on the April 30 following the
issuance thereof.
[Amended 9-30-1996 by Ord. No. 1623]
Upon application, at least 30 days prior to
the expiration of any valid business license, the City Clerk may renew
said license, or cause a new business license to be issued to the
owner so licensed upon continued compliance with the provisions of
this chapter. Once a new business license has been issued, new vehicle
licenses or license tags may be issued upon compliance with the provisions
of this chapter.
[Amended 9-30-1996 by Ord. No. 1623]
A.
Business licenses may be suspended or revoked by the
City Commission at any time in the event:
B.
No business license shall be revoked unless or until
notice and opportunity to be heard has been given to the licensee
and until a hearing is duly held and the licensee is given an opportunity
to appear and be heard in his or her own defense. The City Commission
may designate a hearing officer to hear the evidence submitted and
to make a report of findings and recommendation thereon to the commission.
The licensee may, at his or her expense, employ a reporter to transcribe
the testimony given at the hearing. Following the hearing, the City
Commission shall submit to the licensee a written statement of its
findings and determination.
C.
When a business license has been suspended or revoked,
the licensee shall surrender such license, together with all vehicle
licenses and license tags issued to him or her under this chapter,
to the City Clerk, and the operation of any vehicle for hire covered
by such license shall cease.
