Amending Chapter 4, to revise provisions for licensing of taxicab companies, vehicles and drivers

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(3) Any willful violation of a term or condition of a license; (4) Any willful activity in violation of a statute or provision of this Code related to the licensed business; (5) Conducting the activity in such a manner as to constitute a breach of the peace or to constitute a menace to the health, safety, welfare of the public. (b) Unless provision is made under this Code for review before a specified body or board, an applicant for or holder of any license who has been aggrieved as a result of the refusal to issue or renew a license or the suspension or revocation of any license issued pursuant to this Code, shall have the right to request a hearing to review such refusal to issue or renew, suspension or revocation before the Mayor or his designee. The Controller shall issue written notice to the applicant/licensee at the address supplied on the application, setting forth the reasons why the license was denied, suspended or revoked, and informing the applicant/licensee of its right to request a hearing concerning the denial, suspension or revocation. Such a request must be mailed or personally delivered by the applicaritllicensee within ten (10) days of the date the notice was mailed by the Controller. Upon receipt of a request for hearing, the Mayor or his designee shall schedule a hearing, to be held within se~err(-'~j thi 30 business days of the Controller's receipt of the request. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, upon the receipt of notice of the refusal to issue or renew a license, the applicant/licensee may not operate and must cease the conduct of the business in question. The timely filing of a request for a hearing concerning a notice of suspension or revocation shall stay the suspension or revocation until the Mayor or his designee makes a final decision, unless the Controller determines that continued operation of the business constitutes an imminent and serious threat to the public health or safety, in which case the Controller shall take or cause to be taken such action as is necessary to enforce immediately the suspension or revocation. (c) The Mayor or his designee may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses, administer oaths to those witnesses, and require them to testify. The Indiana Rules of Procedure shall apply to these proceedings to the extent they can by applied. (d) The Mayor or his designee shall file a copy of his findings and determination with the City Controller and the applicant within twenty-four (24) hours after it is made. (e) In case of refusal to issue a license or the suspension or revocation of a license as herein provided, no portion of the application or license fee shall be returned to the applicant or licensee. (f) Any suspension or revocation hereunder may be either in addition to or instead of any penalty or fine a as prescribed in this Code. (g) Unless otherwise provided herein, the order of the Mayor or his designate shall be the