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Revocations shall be administered as follows:

A. Whenever the chief of police or designee has reasonable cause to believe that grounds for the revocation of a permit exists, the chief of police or designee shall give the taxi driver written notice stating the alleged grounds and the effective date of the revocation. This notice will be by certified mail, return receipt requested, sent to the address shown on the application or by personal service. The decision of the chief of police or designee to revoke a taxi permit may be appealed to the city manager or designee. The notice shall provide the taxi driver with information on the appeal process;

B. The taxi driver must submit a written request for an appeal hearing to the city manager or designee within ten days of receiving the written notice;

C. Upon receipt of a request for an appeal hearing, the city manager, or designee, shall conduct a hearing within a reasonable time frame. The city manager, or designee, shall notify the taxi driver in writing of the date, time, and place of the hearing;

D. The revocation shall be stayed pending the outcome of the appeal hearing;

E. At the hearing, both the taxi driver and the chief of police or designee shall have the right to appear and be represented by counsel and to present evidence and arguments which are relevant to the grounds for the appeal, as stated in the written grounds for the appeal hearing. Within ten working days of the conclusion of the hearing, the city manager or designee shall issue a written decision which states whether the decision of the chief of police or designee is upheld, modified, or reversed; the length and effective date of the revocation. The decision of the city manager or designee shall be served on the taxi driver by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by personal service;

F. The decision of the city manager or designee shall be final;

G. Upon a written decision of the city manager or designee which revokes a taxi permit, the taxi permit shall be surrendered to the chief of police or designee immediately after service of the notice of the decision. (Ord. 4952 § 1, 2018)