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• be suspended or revoked unless the driver has received written notice and has had an opportunity to present evidence in his behalf. 4.24.13 FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE LAW Every driver licensed under this article shall comply with all City, state, and federal laws. Failure to do so will justify the Code Enforcement Office in instituting proceedings for revocation of the driver's permit. 4.24.14 VEHICLES TO BE KEPT SAFE AND SANITARY Every vehicle operating under this article shall be subject to a thorough examination and inspection by the Code Enforcement Office. The cost of this inspection is included in the annual fee for the franchise and Certificate of Public Convenience. The vehicle must comply with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Code Enforcement Office. These rules and regulations shall be promulgated to provide safe transportation and shall specify such safety equipment and regulatory devices as the Code Enforcement Office shall determine necessary. The vehicle, upon passage of an inspection shall be affixed with a decal that certifies the vehicle as safe to operate in the City of Batesville. If a properly inspected, licensed taxicab with decal is taken out of service and replaced with another taxicab,the replacement taxicab must be inspected by the Code Enforcement Office and receive a decal with the owner paying $100:00 administrative fee. • Each vehicle operating as a taxicab must be kept clean and sanitary. Complaints received from the public to the Code Enforcement Office will be investigated, and if deemed necessary, will be just cause for suspension or revocation of the driver's permit. 4.24.15 DESIGNATION OF VEHICLE AS TAXICAB BY INSIGNIA OR THE LIKE No vehicle covered by the terms of this article shall be licensed whose color scheme, identifying design, monogram, or insignia to be used thereon shall, in the opinion of the Code Enforcement Office, conflict with or imitate any color scheme, identifying design, monogram or insignia used in or on a vehicle or vehicles already operating under this article,in such a manner as to be misleading or tend to deceive or defraud the public; and provided further,that if, after a license has been issued for a taxicab hereunder,the color scheme, identifying design, monogram or insignia is used by any other person, owner or operator, in such a manner as to be misleading or tend to deceive the public,the license of or certificate covering such taxicab or taxicabs shall be suspended or revoked. The holder of the Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity shall also be required to display the decal arming the safe condition of the vehicle. In addition, every taxicab shall have affixed to its roof an illuminated sign bearing either the word"Taxicab"or "Taxi." •