Sec. 6-80-5. - Director of police services—Powers—Appeal of decisions.
A. The director of police services is vested with full and complete authority to issue, alter, deny, suspend or revoke certificates of public convenience and necessity and permits for drivers, as herein provided and is further vested with the full and complete authority, duty and responsibility to carry into effect the provisions of this chapter. The director of police services may designate an officer to render rulings or take all other actions herein granted to the director, as indicated by the director.
B. The director or the director's designee shall conduct hearings on those matters requiring same. Decisions of the designee may be appealed by the applicant, the certificate holder, or driver within ten days after the decision affecting the person, by filing a written appeal with the director of police services. The director may rule after a review of the record or may set a hearing as soon as practicable. Ten days' notice of a public hearing stating the time and place of the public hearing and the express terms or an informative summary of the subject matter of the public hearing provided for herein shall be given by publication in some newspaper published in the city, the cost thereof to be paid by the applicant or certificate holder.
C. An applicant, driver or certificate holder aggrieved by any final order or determination of the director in regard to the issuance, denial, suspension or revocation of that person's certificate or permit under this chapter may within ten days after such denial, file with the comptroller a petition for review of the action of the director in denying the application, and shall then be the duty of the city council to hold a public hearing and either grant or deny the application. In all such cases any interested party or holder of a certificate of necessity and convenience shall have a right to be heard; provided, further, that, in any such appeal to the city council, the decision of the director of police services shall be prima facie correct.
(Code 1985, § 39-5; Ord. No. 4227, § 1, 11-2-1993)
