§ 6-32-5 — Certificate required; exceptions

Sec. 6-32-5. - Certificate required; exceptions.

A. No person shall operate or permit a horse-drawn carriage owned or controlled by him or her to be operated as a passenger vehicle for hire upon the streets of the city without first having obtained a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the director of police services. B. This section shall not apply to passenger vehicles for hire operated under the jurisdiction of the public service commission of the state, or otherwise exempted. C. No more than 50 carriages may be permitted to operate upon the streets of Memphis and the permit office shall accept no applications for additional carriages once this maximum has been permitted. Other pending applications shall be dismissed upon the issuance of the 50th permit. Should the number of permitted carriages drop below the maximum allowed, applications will be considered in the order in which they are filed at the permit office.

(Code 1985, § 39-105; Ord. No. 4227, § 1, 11-2-1993; Ord. No. 4941, 5-7-2002)