§ 11.40.020. Dispatch service license.  


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  • A.

    An application for a dispatch service license shall be made to the transportation inspector.

    B.

    An application for a dispatch service license shall be submitted on a form approved by the transportation inspector and shall be accompanied by:

    1.

    The fee specified in section 11.10.160;

    2.

    Proof that the applicant has obtained and possesses one or both of the following:

    a.

    A valid Federal Communications Commission frequency license and identification of those frequencies authorized to be used in the dispatch service; or

    b.

    A computerized dispatch system approved by the transportation inspector;

    3.

    Identification of the digital dispatch system, if one is used by the dispatch service, and acknowledgment that the applicant must demonstrate its functionality and operability;

    4.

    Proof the applicant is a resident of, or domiciled in, the United States, and that it has a physical office location with regular business hours in the municipality;

    5.

    A proposed color scheme, name and markings to be used by taxicabs dispatched by the applicant which is substantially different from the color scheme, name and markings used or proposed for use by any other dispatch company licensed under this title;

    6.

    Proof that the applicant is at least 18 years of age; and

    7.

    A signed acknowledgement and acceptance of the license requirement to maintain, and to provide to the transportation inspector, records of dispatches, complaints, and complaint response.

    C.

    A dispatch service license shall be issued by the transportation inspector if the applicant complies with this section, is certified as required by section 11.10.170 and has not had a felony or misdemeanor conviction entered by a court of competent jurisdiction within five years of:

    1.

    Assignation, prostitution, solicitation for the purpose of prostitution, offering to secure another for the purpose of prostitution, maintaining a vehicle for the purpose of prostitution or accepting money from a prostitute for the aforementioned purposes; or

    2.

    Illegal sale, transportation, possession or use of any controlled substance as defined in AS 11.71 or any similar law of another jurisdiction.

(AO No. 57-75; AO No. 78-177; AO No. 79-58; AO No. 80-19(S); AO No. 84-18; AO No. 85-87; AO No. 87-126(S); AO No. 88-21; AO No. 98-51(S), § 4, 5-4-99; AO No. 2013-109(S-1), § 4, 12-3-13; AO No. 2018-6(S) , § 4, 4-10-18)