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ORDINANCE NO. NS-1394 PAGE SEVENTEEN (2) It shall be a date applicable to all vehicles inspected within a period beginning eight (8) months prior to the expiration date and ending two (2) months prior thereto. Sec. 32-18. Registration of Vehicles. Ail motor vehicles operated as vehicles for hire or ambulances within the City of Santa Ana shall be properly licensed with the Department of Motor Vehicles of the State of California, and in the event that the laws governing the licensing of com- mercial vehicles shall apply, all such vehicles shall be licensed before being used as vehicles for hire. Ail vehicles operated as vehicles for hire or ambulances shall be registered under the name of the holder of the permit or certificate. Sec. 32-19. Permit or Certificate Transfer. An application for permit or certificate transfer shall be filed in the same manner and in accordance with section 32-2. A transfer of a certificate of public convenience and neces- sity shall require city council's approval, and permit trans- fers shall require approval as if such were a new application. No permit or certificate may be sold, assigned, mortgaged, leased, or otherwise transferred, nor shall the majority of any shares of any stock in any corporation holding any permit or certificate be sold, assigned, transferred or hypothecated without comply- ing with the provisions of this section. Violation of this section shall constitute grounds for revocation of the permit or certificate. Sec. 32-20. Summary suspension of permit pending opportunity for hearing; misdemeanor to continue after suspension; revocation. (a) Whenever it appears to the city manager that the holder of the permit or certificate 1) has violated any of the pro- visions of this chapter, or of any rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto; or 2) discontinues operations for more than thirty (30) days; or 3) violates any ordinance of the City or statute of the State of California or the United States, which violation indicates the unfitness or indifference of the holder to offer safe and adequate public transportation or ambulance service, or would constitute grounds for the denial of the permit or certificate; or 4) commits any act which would have been grounds for the denial of the permit or certificate, the city manager shall have the authority to summarily suspend the permit or certificate and order the holder to immediately cease and desist any further operation of said vehicles(s). (b) Any person who continues to operate a vehicle or ambulance after any summary suspension thereof, under subsection (a) of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in jail for a period not exceeding six (6) months, or by such fine and imprisonment. (c) The order issued under subsection (a) of this section shall also notify the holder that he shall have five (5) days from the date of such order to request a hearing before the officer who signed such order to determine whether such permit or certificate shall be revoked. Failure to request, in writing, such hearing before the city manager within said five (5) day period, shall result in revocation of the permit or certificate.