§ 3906. PERMITS ISSUED BY CHIEF OF POLICE.

(a) The Chief of Police shall, without unnecessary delay, hear each owner/lessee application and grant the same unless the Chief finds:

1. That the owner/lessee has committed crimes or has been convicted of offenses that render the applicant unfit to own pedicabs;

2. That the applicant has filed to meet the insurance or bond requirements set forth in Section 3905 of this Article;

3. That the pedicab for which the permit is applied for is inadequate or unsafe for the purpose intended or insufficiently equipped with safety devices;

4. That the route and/or routes or area over which the applicant proposes to operate cannot safely accommodate pedicabs in view of the condition of the existing roads or the traffic thereon. In passing upon this question the Chief of Police shall consult with the Department of Public Works and exercise a sound and reasonable discretion, and the permit shall be granted unless public interest and safety may otherwise require;

5. That the applicant made material misrepresentations of facts relevant to the fitness of the applicant to be granted the permit.

(b) Permits shall be numbered, and such numbers, not less than three inches in height and one-half inch wide shall be affixed to each pedicab upon the right-hand side of the body thereof with such conspicuousness as may be required by the Chief of Police.

All permits shall be obtained from the office of the Tax Collector upon proper notification to that office from the Chief of Police.

(c) The Chief of Police shall, without unnecessary delay, hear each operator application and may grant the same unless it shall appear:

1. That the pedicab operator is incompetent or has not had sufficient experience in driving a vehicle in the City and County of San Francisco;

2. That the operator has committed crimes or has been convicted of offenses that render said applicant unfit for the operation of pedicabs.

3. That the operator is not physically qualified to operate a pedicab safely or possesses defective eyesight or hearing.

4. That the applicant made material misrepresentations of facts relevant to the fitness of the applicant to be granted the permit.

(Added by Ord. 38-86, App. 2/14/86)