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Title 9 : Business, Peddlers, Solicitors, etc.
Chapter 4 : Taxicabs

9-411 : Hearing.

The board of mayor and aldermen shall, upon the investigation and recommendations of the chief of police as to the application for a franchise required by this chapter, hold a public hearing. At that time, witnesses for and against the granting of the franchise shall be heard. In deciding whether or not to grant the franchise, the board of mayor and aldermen shall consider the public need for additional service, the increased traffic congestion, parking space requirements and whether or not the safe use of the streets by the public, both vehicular and pedestrian, will be preserved by the granting of an additional taxicab franchise. (1973 Code, § 18-31)