§ 11.20.040. Taxicabs—Transfer of permit.

A.

No person may transfer any financial, proprietary, or security interest in a taxicab permit or any interest in the corporation, joint venture, association, partnership, or other group or entity which owns an interest in a taxicab permit originally issued prior to February 22, 1994, unless that person obtains the prior approval of the Commission.

B.

Permits issued subsequent to February 22, 1994, shall not be transferrable, and shall revert to the Commission when the permittee is determined by the Transportation Inspector or by the annual permit renewal process to no longer be eligible to hold a permit, including when the permittee is no longer a currently active taxicab chauffeur as required in section 11.20.020D.

C.

Regardless of the date, terms or purpose of transfer of a taxi permit, any violations, complaints, citations or other actions to a permit which could be considered by the Commission under section 11.10.110 in determining whether to suspend or revoke a license or permit shall be treated by the Commission as applying to that permit as if the permit had not been transferred.

D.

Only a taxicab permittee possessing a transferable general taxicab permit originally issued prior to February 22, 1994, can transfer his or her interest in a taxicab permit to another. An application for transfer shall be made to the Transportation Inspector on forms approved by the Transportation Inspector and shall be accompanied by a proposed contract of sale which states the specific consideration to be paid by the transferee, as well as all other material conditions of the sale. If the transferee meets the requirements of this section and those of section 11.20.020 for the issuance of a permit, the Commission shall approve the transfer. A dispute arising from an underlying contract of sale is not grounds to refuse the transfer of a taxicab permit. The application for transfer shall identify all parties who have or are proposed to have either a financial, proprietary, or security interest in the permit.

E.

Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted to grant any property rights of any kind to any permittee or any other person. All rights and restrictions created by the express language of this chapter may be expanded, reduced or eliminated at any time by ordinance or by regulation of the license administrator or other officer.

(AO No. 78-177; AO No. 80-19(S); AO No. 81-149; AO No. 84-18; AO No. 87-8; AO No. 93-220, § 18, 2-22-94; AO No. 98-51(S), § 2, 5-4-99; AO No. 2016-124(S) , § 8, 12-20-16)