§ 11.8-19. Investigation and notices applications for certificates.

(a)

Upon the filing of the application for a certificate pursuant to this article, and the payment of cost for publication of notices as required herein and any fee required by the board of county commissioners, the division shall review the application, which may include verification and proper inspection of vehicles and qualifications and number of personnel. The division shall also determine the public need for the proposed service and the geographical area involved. In making such determinations, the division shall give notice to any providers, at any of the levels of service proposed, who are serving any part of the route proposed to be served by the applicant. Notice shall also be given to any city or town in or through which the applicant proposes to operate.

(b)

The notice shall contain a brief summary of the type of service proposed, the geographical area or route to be served, and such other pertinent facts as the division determines to be relevant. Further notice shall be provided to the public by publishing the fact of such application in a newspaper of general circulation, indicating where further information on the application is available, and stating that any interested person who may be substantially affected by the proposed operation may, within thirty (30) days, file a written objection to the application, specifying the reason therefore, with the division.

(c)

Within one hundred twenty (120) days after all of the required notices have been mailed and published, the division shall conclude its review and shall make a recommendation to the board of county commissioners to either grant or deny the application. Any such recommendation may contain such conditions of approval, as the division feels are necessary. The board of county commissioners shall take action to grant, deny or call a public hearing on the application within a reasonable time after receiving the division's recommendation.

(Ord. No. 12-029, § 9, 9-18-12)