Application for certificate.
Memphis Code of Ordinances § 6-80-8
in effectSec. 6-80-8. - Application for certificate.
A. Any person, partnership or corporation desiring to secure a certificate of public convenience and necessity shall make application to the permit office and pay a $200.00 application fee. The notarized application shall be filed with and dated by the Memphis Police Department.
B. The application for a certificate shall be upon a form provided by the Memphis Police Department. An applicant for a certificate, including any partner or limited partner of the partnership applicant, and any officer or director of the corporate applicant and any stockholder holding more than five percent of the stock of a corporate applicant, or any other person who is interested directly in the ownership or operation of the business, shall furnish the following information:
1. Name and address, including all aliases;
2. Written proof that the individual is at least 21 years of age;
3. All residential addresses of the applicant for the past five years;
4. The trade name under which the applicant proposes to do business;
5. The business, occupation or employment of the applicant for five years immediately preceding the date of the application;
6. The financial status of the applicant, including the amounts of all unpaid judgments against the applicant or if a corporation, against any officer, director or shareholder as listed above or, if a partnership, any partner or limited partner, or any other person who is interested directly in the ownership or operation of the business;
7. All criminal statutes, whether federal or state, or city ordinance violations for which conviction, forfeiture of bond or pleading of nolo contendere has occurred, except minor traffic violations;
8. Fingerprints and two color portrait photographs at least two inches by two inches of the applicant;
9. The address of the premises from which the vehicle for hire business is to be conducted and the address wherein the vehicles are to be stored and/or serviced;
10. If the applicant is a corporation, the name of the corporation and the date and state of incorporation, the name and address of the registered agent, and the names and addresses of all shareholders, as required above, officers and directors of the corporation;
11. The experience and/or the qualifications of the applicant to operate a transportation of passenger service;
12. A showing that the public convenience and necessity requires the granting of the certificate;
13. The number of vehicles to be put into service at the time of application, the location of proposed stands and terminals, and the class and seating capacity of each vehicle;
14. The color scheme and insignia to be used to design the vehicle or vehicles of the applicant;
15. Whether applicant operates any other vehicles under this chapter;
16. A statement by the applicant that he or she is familiar with the provisions of this chapter and is in compliance with them;
17. A statement by applicant that he or she will be obligated to serve all sections of Memphis;
18. A business plan shall be included in the application package.
C. Within ten days, or a reasonable time thereafter of receiving the results of the investigation conducted by the division of police services, the director of police services shall fix a time and a place for a public hearing on the application and notice shall be given as provided in section 6-80-5(B). All documents relative to the public hearing shall be available for inspection prior to the hearing. Any interested person may file a statement in support of or in opposition to the issuance of a certificate, and/or may offer testimony at the hearing.
D. Failure or refusal of the applicant to give any information relevant to the investigation of the application or the applicant's refusal or failure to appear at any reasonable time and place for examination under oath regarding the application or the applicant's refusal to submit to or cooperate with any investigation required by this chapter, shall constitute an admission by the applicant that the applicant is ineligible for such license and shall be grounds for denial thereof by the director.
E. In addition to other requirements provided in this chapter, a new applicant for a certificate also making application for a hire vehicle driver permit, to operate a for hire vehicle, must have a certificate that the applicant has satisfactorily completed a training course approved by the city police department relative to the operation of the for hire vehicle in the city. This certificate is to be submitted with application for a for hire vehicle driver's permit.
(Code 1985, § 39-8; Ord. No. 4227, § 1, 11-2-1993; Ord. No. 4941, 5-7-2002)
Source: City of Memphis, Code of Ordinances and Charter and Related Laws (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tn/memphis/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT6BULIRE_CH6-80TA_ART4CEPUCONE_S6-80-8APCEFetched: 10/28/2026