§ 6.72.030. Application—Information and fees required.

A.

An application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity shall be filed with the metropolitan transportation licensing commission upon forms provided by the commission staff and upon the payment of a nonrefundable fee in an amount to be established by the commission based upon the cost of processing the application.

B.

Such application shall, at a minimum, require the following information:

1.

The name and address of the applicant, which must be in the metropolitan government area;

2.

Proof of United States citizenship or residency authorization by the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service;

3.

The financial status of the applicant, including any judgments against the applicant, together with information regarding the amount of any such judgment and the nature of the transaction or acts giving rise to such judgments. This information shall be presented in a certified financial statement current within thirty days of the date of application submission;

4.

The experience of the applicant in the transportation of passengers;

5.

Any facts and information, as listed in Section 6.72.060(B), which the applicant believes tends to prove that public convenience and necessity require the granting of the certificate;

6.

The number of vehicles and their year models to be operated or controlled by the applicant and the location of proposed depots and terminals. A new applicant must have no fewer than twenty vehicles. An applicant for renewal must continually sustain no fewer than fifteen vehicles for renewal;

7.

The color scheme and insignia to be used to designate the vehicles of the applicant;

8.

Any commitment to deliver services in areas not currently adequately served or service improvements above the level of service generally available from taxicabs currently operating in the metropolitan government area;

9.

Procedures for training drivers;

10.

Rules and regulations governing driver appearance and conduct;

11.

Such further information as the metropolitan transportation licensing commission or its director may require.

C.

An applicant for a certificate of public convenience and necessity will be ineligible for consideration if:

1.

Any of the partners, officers or directors are under twenty-one years of age and/or the taxicab business has no separate legal existence beyond a shareholder, owner, or partner who is under eighteen years of age;

2.

Any of the partners, officers or directors have been convicted of, forfeited a bond, or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to a felony or offense involving a controlled substance, prostitution, assignation, obscenity, or any crime of a sexual nature in any jurisdiction within five years immediately preceding the date of application.

3.

Any of the owners, partners, officers or directors have violated any portion of this chapter within five years immediately preceding the date of application.

4.

The application or any portion of the application is incomplete or contains incorrect or false information.

D.

The commission shall conduct hearings for the issuance of certificates of public convenience and necessity.

1.

The metropolitan transportation licensing commission director shall fix a time and place for a public hearing, to be held annually, to review applications for certificates of public convenience and necessity.

2.

No such hearing shall be held to review applications for certifications of public convenience and necessity without giving due notice of the time and place of such hearing to each applicant and to all current certificate holders. Additionally, notice shall be given to the general public by posting notice of the hearing on the metropolitan transportation licensing commission home web page at least five days prior to the hearing.

3.

Any person may file with the metropolitan transportation licensing commission a memorandum or letter in support of or opposition to the issuance of a certificate of public convenience and necessity.

4.

The metropolitan transportation licensing commission may, in its discretion, call special meetings in addition to the annual meeting for the consideration of new certificates of public convenience and necessity.

5.

There shall be a nonrefundable fee, in an amount to be established by the commission based upon the cost of processing the application, charged for each request for certificates, payable at the time of application. An additional fee in an amount to be established by the commission shall be charged for the issuance of each approved permit associated with the certificate.

6.

The notice provisions set forth in this section shall be followed when special meetings are called.

(Ord. BL2016-329 §§ 1—4, 2016; Ord. BL2011-870 § 1, 2011; Ord. BL2000-325 § 1 (part), 2000)