§ 46-72 — Transfer of permits

Sec. 46-72. - Transfer of permits.

(a) When used in this section, the following words and terms shall have the meanings assigned to them in this subsection: Transfer means any sale, lease, lease assignment, or other arrangement by contract or otherwise whereby a permittee allows another person on a temporary or permanent basis to make use of one or more permits that are held by the permittee except an arrangement in the nature excepted in subsection (b). (b) The terms of this section do not apply to a license, lease, or subcontractor arrangement in conformity with section 46-17 of this Code between a permittee and an individual driver-operator that allows the driver-operator to operate a taxicab under one of the permittee's permits, provided that the permittee remains fully responsible to the city for the driver's compliance with this chapter. (c) A permit may only be transferred to: (1) A person who is an existing permittee; or (2) A qualified applicant under section 46-65 of this Code. (d) Any transfer to a person who is not an existing permittee shall be subject to an application to be filed in the same manner as under section 46-65 of this Code for a permit application and shall only be allowed to the extent that the applicant is determined to be qualified thereunder. Every transfer must be approved in advance by the director. A nonrefundable transfer fee shall be paid by the transferee at the time of application or upon transfer of the permit by the director. Any permit issued in conjunction with a permit computation conducted in 2017 or later is subject to the nonrefundable transfer fee. The transfer fee shall be five percent of the purchase price. (e) A permit that is subject to a suspension or revocation proceeding may not be transferred, nor may a suspended permit be transferred during the period of suspension.

(Ord. No. 2014-754, § 2(Exh. A), 8-6-2014; Ord. No. 2015-997, §§ 16, 17, 39, 10-14-2015; Ord. No. 2016-736, §§ 22, 23, 10-5-2016; Ord. No. 2019-669, § 33, 9-4-2019)