Application for certificate.

Memphis Code of Ordinances § 6-1-6

in effect

Sec. 6-1-6. - Application for certificate. A. Any person, partnership or corporation desiring to secure a certificate of public convenience and necessity shall make application and pay a $100.00 application fee to the city treasurer. The notarized application shall be filed with and dated by the city treasurer or his or her designee. B. The application for a certificate shall be upon a form provided by the city treasurer, or his or her designee. 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 18 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 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 statute, 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. The city permits office will provide fingerprints and photographs of 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 horse-drawn carriage for hire service; 12. A showing that the public convenience and necessity requires the granting of the certificate; 13. The number of horse-drawn carriages to be put into service at the time of application, the location of private property stands, and the size and seating capacity of each carriage; 14. Whether applicant operates any other vehicles under this chapter; 15. A statement by the applicant that he or she is familiar with the provisions of this chapter and is in compliance with them. 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 6-1-3(B). All documents relating 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 applicant 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 certificate and shall be grounds for denial thereof by the director. (Code 1985, § 39-106; Ord. No. 4227, § 1, 11-2-1993; Ord. No. 4352, § 12, 8-15-1995; 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_CH6-1HOAWCA_S6-1-6APCEFetched: 10/28/2026