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- . Ordinance 1746 Auto Wrecker and Towing Vehicle Page 7 (d) The committee shall have in attendance at such hearing a representative from the city legal department, and any other persons that it may deem necessary to conduct said hearing. At the time of the hearings and investigation with reference to whether or not public convenience and necessity exists for the issuance of such permits, the committee shall consider all the evidence of the applicant and his witnesses. It shall further hear all the evidence of any protestants and their witnesses and shall have the right to call such other witnesses as the councilmen may deem necessary. (e) In determining whether a greater number of permits would create a public inconvenience, the committee shall take into consideration the following: 1. The financial responsibility of the applicant; 2. The number of vehicles to be operated; 3. Make, model and type of vehicle or vehicles to be used; 4. The effect of additional vehicles upon traffic congestion, vehicular and pedestrian alike; s. Whether or not all insurance required by this Chapter has procured or will be procured; 6. That the applicant has a properly fenced storage facility for wrecked vehicles, the size of his business location and lot, and that the lot is located within the city limits of the City of La Porte; 7. Determine that all city ad valorem taxes and other taxes of the applicant have been paid; 8. Whether the vehicle shall be operated by the owner, or by his employee with bona fide employer/employee relationship; 9. Whether the applicant proposes to own, rent or lease the vehicle to be used; 10. The number of auto wreckers then in existence and licensed; 11. Whether the requirements of public convenience and necessity can be met and complied with only by the issuance of additional certificates of public convenience and necessity for auto wreckers; 12. Any and all other facts the committee may deem relevant.