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§5. ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE. If the City Council finds that further taxicab service in the City of Pleasanton is required by the public convenience and necessity and that the applicant is fit, willing, and able to perform such public transportation and to conform to the provisions of this Ordinance and any and all rules promulgated by the Police Chief, then the City Council shall by resolution declare that the public convenience and necessity re- quire additional taxicab service and that a Certificate be issued by the Police Chief stating the name and address of the applicant, the number of vehicles authorized under said Certificate, the location of a closed stand for the applicant's use, and the date of issuance; otherwise, the application shall be denied. In making the above finds, the City Council shall take into consideration the following: a) The number of taxicabs already in operation° b) Whether existing transportation is adequate to meet the public need. c) The probable effect of increased service on local traffic conditions. d) The character, experience, and responsibility of the applicant. e) All the information contained in the verified application for a Certificate and the Report and Findings of the Police Chief. f) Engineering factors related to the roposed location of a closed stand for the applicant~s exclusive use. g) All other such information or material that the City Council deems pertinent' to the issuance of a Certificate. §5.1. EFFECT ON CURRENT OWNERS. Every owner operating a taxicab under permission of the City Council prior to the effective date of this Ordinance shall be presumed to have established prima facie evidence of public convenience and necessity for his taxi- cabs actually in operation, and the City Council, upon written request by him not later than 15 days after the effective date of this Ordinance, shall, by resolution, authorize the Police Chief to issue a Certificate to such owner for such taxicabs. §6. INDEMNITY BOND OR LIABILITY INSURANCE REQUIRED. After the City Council has authorized the issuance of a Certificate; but before the Police Chief actually shall issue the Certificate, there shall be in full force and effect an indemnity bond for each vehicle of all owners authorized in the amount of at least one- hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) for bodily injury to any one person, in the amount of at least three-hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00) for injuries to more than one person which are sustained in the same accident; and ten-thousand dollars ($10,000.00) for property damage resulting from any one accident. Said bond or bonds shall inure to the benefit of any person who shall be injured or who shall sustain damage to property proximate] caused by the negligence of a holder, his servants, or agents. Said bond or bonds shall be filed in the Office of the Police Chief and shall have as surety thereon a surety company authorized to do --- -'- ~ ~ n~ California.