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 Ojai
 Code of Ordinances
 Title 4. Public Welfare, Morals, And Conduct
 Chapter 2. Taxicabs

  § 4-2.06. Decision by Council at hearing  

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  • At the time set for the hearing of the application referred to in Sections 4-2.03 and 4-2.04 of this chapter, the Mayor and Council may examine the applicant and all persons interested in the matter set forth in the application and shall determine whether or not the public interest, convenience and necessity require the issuance of the permit applied for, and if it is found by the Council that the public interest, convenience, and necessity require the issuance of the permit applied for, it shall order, by resolution, the City License Tax Collector to issue a permit, subject to the filing and approval of an undertaking as hereinafter provided in Section 4-2.18. The following reasons shall be sufficient for denial of the permit:

    (a) That the application is not in the form and does not contain the information required to be contained therein by this chapter;

    (b) That the color scheme, name, monogram, or insignia to be used upon such automobile shall be in conflict with or imitate any color scheme, name, monogram, or insignia used by any person in such manner as to be misleading or tend to deceive or defraud the public;

    (c) That the location of the stand, as therein stated, is such as to congest or interfere with travel on any public street, or that the proposed stand is within one hundred (100′) feet of any other stand theretofore fixed by the Council on the same street;

    (d) That it shall appear to the Council that there are a sufficient number of taxicabs and automobiles for hire in the City to fully serve the public, and that the granting of more permits would unduly congest the traffic and interfere with the free use of the public streets by the public, and that the public interest, convenience, and necessity do not require the issuance of such permit; and

    (e) That the persons, firms, or corporations holding permits for the operation of taxicabs or automobiles for hire, as defined in this chapter, are under efficient management, and are adequately serving the public under normal conditions.

(§ 6, Ord. 117)