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ORDINANCE NO. NS- 1394 PAGE TWENTY-FOUR Sec. 32-39. Reserved. Sec. 32-40. Rules and Regulations. The chief of police shall issue from time to time as he deems necessary, rules and regulations to implement the pro- visions of this article. Such rules and regulations shall have the force of law, and the failure to obey same shall be considered a violation of the provisions of this chapter. ARTICLE III. AMBULANCES Sec. 32-60. Certificate and Permit Requirements. (a) No person shall engage in the business of owning or operating an ambulance or ambulances within the City without first obtaining a certificate of convenience and necessity from the City for the operation of such business as well as a permit, and appropriate stickers and device affixed to each ambulance certifying that it is authorized to operate within the City as an ambulance. This section shall not be construed to require a certificate of convenience and necessity to operate an ambulett~ or ambulettes. The word "ambulette" shall mean any privately owned vehicle equipped or primarily used for transporting handicapped persons for non-emergency purposes. (b) No person shall pick up any passenger(s) for hire in the City in an ambulance unless that vehicle has been affixed with the appropriate stickers and device evidencing that it is authorized to operate within the City as an ambulance. (c) No person shall dispatch any ambulance to pick up passenger(s) for hire in the City unless the ambulance dis- patched has been affixed with the appropriate stickers and device evidencing that it is authorized to operate within the City as an ambulance. (d) Three (3) or more violations of subsection (a) of this section within any twelve (12) month period by a certificate holder shall constitute grounds for revocation of such holder's certificate pursuant to Section 32-20. For the purpose of such revocation proceedings, a presumption is created that any person convicted of or pleading guilty or nolo contendere to any violation of subsections (a), (b), or (c) of this section, who was using an ambulance during such violation which at the time of the violation was registered to, or owned or controlled by, a certificate holder is deemed to have been acting with the permission of such certificate holder. Sec. 32-61. Absence of Public Convenience and Necessity. Before any certificate of public convenience and necessity to operate an ambulance in the City of Santa Ana may be granted by the city council, a public hearing shall be held to de- termine whether the public convenience and necessity require a proposed service for which application is made. If the public convenience and necessity does not require the proposed service, as finally determined from investigations and from the hearing, no certificate of public convenience and necessity for such additional service shall be granted by the city council.