PERMIT

Greensboro Code of Ordinances ch. 28, art. III, div. 2

in effect

Greensboro Code of Ordinances § 28-151 Required.

Sec. 28-151. - Required. Every person before operating any motor bus upon the streets of the city for the transportation of passengers for compensation, within the purview of this article, shall first obtain from the council a special permit for the operation thereof, in accordance with the provisions of this division. (Code 1961, § 20-63)

Greensboro Code of Ordinances § 28-152 Application.

Sec. 28-152. - Application. (a) Every person desiring or proposing to operate a motor bus within the city, shall file with the city clerk a written application for a permit, which application shall set forth the following information: (1) The street, streets or avenues over which, and the fixed terminal and regular route upon which and over which, the applicant proposes to operate. (2) A schedule of operation showing the time of arrival and departure from terminal and intermediate points. (3) A schedule of tariff showing the fares to be charged between the several points or localities to be served. (4) The seating capacity of the motor bus proposed to be operated by the applicant, the size and number of seats in such bus, and a general description of the style and equipment of such bus. (5) The name, age, residence and business address of the applicant if he/she/they is an individual, or of each partner if the applicant is a partnership, or if the applicant is a corporation, the location of the principal office of the corporation, and the name and address of the president and the secretary of the corporation. (b) The application shall be verified as to the truth of the statements therein contained by the oath of the person making such application if he is an individual, by one (1) of the partners if the applicant is a partnership, and by an officer of the corporation if the applicant is a corporation. (Code 1961, § 20-64; Ord. No. 20-163, § 3, 12-15-20)

Greensboro Code of Ordinances § 28-153 Costs to accompany application.

Sec. 28-153. - Costs to accompany application. Each application for a bus permit shall be accompanied by a certified check payable to the city to cover the cost of advertising the notice of public hearing in the amount of ten dollars ($10.00). (Code 1961, § 20-65)

Greensboro Code of Ordinances § 28-154 Public hearing on application.

Sec. 28-154. - Public hearing on application. Upon the filing of any application for a permit under the provisions of this division the city council shall fix a time and place for a hearing on such application, and a notice of the date and place of the public hearing shall be advertised at least once in a daily newspaper of general circulation published in the city, at least ten (10) days prior to the date of the public hearing. At the time specified in the notice, or at the time to which such hearing may be continued, a public hearing upon the application shall be held by the council. (Code 1961, § 20-66)

Greensboro Code of Ordinances § 28-155 Determination by council as to issue.

Sec. 28-155. - Determination by council as to issue. (a) In passing upon any application for permit under this division, the council shall take into consideration the reliability of the applicant, his/her/their court record, and any and all other matters tending to qualify or disqualify such applicant for rendering a safe and efficient motor bus service in the city. (b) The council shall further take into consideration, and shall determine whether the public convenience and necessity require the granting of such permit. (c) The council may thereupon issue the permit as applied for, or may issue it with modifications, or may refuse it, all as the public convenience and necessity may require. (d) If in the opinion of the council, the equipment proposed to be used by the applicant is unsafe or dangerous, or if the street, streets or avenues over which such applicant proposes to operate any motor bus will be rendered unsafe for public use by the operation thereon of a regular motor bus, or if the applicant is morally irresponsible, then in any of such events, the council shall decline to grant such permit. (Code 1961, § 20-67; Ord. No. 20-163, § 3, 12-15-20)

Greensboro Code of Ordinances § 28-156 Form and contents.

Sec. 28-156. - Form and contents. Every permit issued by authority of this division shall be in writing and shall show the following: (1) Name of grantee. (2) Designation of route or routes over which motor buses are to be operated. (3) Schedule of trips for each route. (4) General description of size and character of motor buses authorized to be used on each route. (Code 1961, § 20-68)

Greensboro Code of Ordinances § 28-157 Change in permit.

Sec. 28-157. - Change in permit. Upon application of the grantee, any of the matters embraced in section 20-68 may be changed by the council; provided, however, that no substantial increase or decrease in the length of any route or any substantial change in any other of said matters shall be made by the council without a public hearing thereon as provided by section 28-154. The council may authorize trial changes in section 28-156, paragraphs (2) and (3) for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days, and, unless a written request signed by ten (10) or more adult interested persons is filed with the council during said period requesting a public hearing thereon, the authorized changes shall become permanently effective, unless the council has established standards of patronage for the trial period which are not met, in which case the route or schedule in effect prior to the trial period shall continue in effect. (Code 1961, § 20-69)

Greensboro Code of Ordinances § 28-158 Revocation.

Sec. 28-158. - Revocation. (a) Any permit granted under the provisions of this division may be revoked either in whole or in part by the council whenever in its opinion the operation of the motor bus permitted under the permit is unduly interfering with the use by the public of any street, streets or avenues over which the motor bus is being operated. (b) Any such permit may also be revoked by the council upon the failure of the grantee to maintain such bus in such a safe and efficient manner as to provide adequately for the proper service of transporting passengers over the authorized route or routes, or upon failure of the grantee to maintain the schedule provided by the council, or upon the violation by the grantee of any of the provisions of this article, or at any time when in the judgment of the council public interest or necessity may require. (c) Before any permit granted under the provisions of this division is revoked, the grantee therein shall have an opportunity to appear before the council and answer any charges made against him/her/them, as the basis for the proposed revocation. (Code 1961, §§ 20-70, 20-71; Ord. No. 20-163, § 3, 12-15-20)

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