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An ordinance to amend Title 6, Chapter 75 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws, regarding renewal of pedicab and pedal carriage certificates of public necessity and convenience and permits.
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WHEREAS, the current renewal language of Chapter 6.75 does not provide a process for reducing the number of certificates of public necessity and convenience (CPCN); and,
WHEREAS, this ordinance should put pedal carriage and pedicab CPCN holders and permittees on notice that they should not necessarily expect a routine annual renewal of their CPCN and permits at the August 2024 meeting of the Metropolitan Transportation Licensing Commission (MTLC), upon its consideration of the number of pedal carriage and pedicab vehicles; and,
WHEREAS, at its meeting on April 27, 2023, the MTLC met and recommended approval of the concept behind this ordinance to council, as it relates to entertainment transportation vehicles, and BL2023-1869 was signed into law on August 15, 2023; and,
WHEREAS, at its meeting on February 15, 2024, the MTLC met and recommended the approval of this ordinance to Council.
NOW THEREFORE, be it enacted by the Council of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County:
Section 1. That Section 6.75.030 of the Metropolitan Code be hereby amended by deleting the current section in its entirety and replacing it with the following:
6.75.030 - Findings-Issuance of certificate, renewal or additional permits.
A. The MTLC must make a prerequisite finding as to what number of pedicab or pedal carriage service providers and vehicles are required by the public convenience and necessity, in the metropolitan government area, before it may issue any new certificates of public convenience and necessity, renew any previously issued expiring certificates, or add any additional permitted vehicles to an existing certificate-holder's permitted fleet. Further, the MTLC must find that an applicant is fit, willing, and able to provide such service and to confor...
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