§ 18-230. Revocation.

(a)

Licenses granted under this article may be suspended or revoked at any time by the mayor or by the board of public works and safety, if the holder thereof fails to maintain insurance in force, or if the holder thereof, or any of his agents, shall operate any vehicle covered thereby which is not of good appearance, clean, or safe, or shall charge or collect any rate of fare in excess of the amount permitted under this chapter, or shall violate any other provision of this article.

(b)

The mayor or the board of public works and safety shall notify the applicant of the denial and shall by ordinary letter, mail, or notice, personally served by the police department, notify the applicant of the time and place of the hearing in which the mayor or board shall determine and find whether the license shall be denied. The holder of the license shall be given an opportunity to present his defenses to the proposed action at the hearing and may be represented by counsel.

(Code 1968, tit. 500, § 12; Code 1985, § 119.16; Ord. No. 937, 3-18-1946; Ord. No. 1137, 11-19-1956; Ord. No. 1678, 1971)