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• (B) The City has the authority to establish the maximum allowable rates for all taxicabs, consistent with the provisions of Arkansas Code Annotated § 14-57-303. The maximum allowable rate shall be established by City Ordinance on the date of the enactment of this Ordinance and thereafter at any such time as determined by the City. (C) Each licensed taxicab company shall, upon the enactment of this Ordinance and the Ordinance establishing the maximum allowable rate, submit to City the fare schedule the taxicab company will utilize for the remainder of the year of the enactment of said Ordinances and on or before January 1 of each year thereafter. Each taxicab company shall post this fare schedule prominently within each taxicab in full view of the passenger. The posted fare schedule shall include the maximum allowable rate established by the City. 4.24.04 CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY REQUIRED; ISSUANCE PROCEDURE (A) No person shall operate or permit a taxicab owned, leased or controlled by him/her to be operated as a vehicle for hire upon the streets of the City without having first obtained a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity from the City. (B) An application for a certificate shall be filed with the Code Enforcement • Department upon forms provided by the City and said application shall be verified under oath and shall furnish the following information: (1) The name,address and telephone number of the applicant, including the name, physical address,mailing address and telephone number of all officers and stockholders of the company, if incorporated, and the name of the person to whom complaints should be directed; (2) The physical address from which the business is to be conducted if different from the information provided in(1), above. (3) The experience of the applicant including all officers and stockholders of the company, if incorporated, in the transportation of passengers; (4)Any facts which the applicant believes tend to prove that public convenience and necessity require the granting of a certificate; (5) The number of vehicles to be available for operation or controlled by the applicant and the location of proposed depots and terminals. The applicant shall furnish a minimum and maximum number of vehicles to be permitted; • (6) The color scheme or insignia to be used to designate the vehicle or vehicles of the applicant;