Pedicab limits

(a) The council shall establish a limit on the number of pedicabs used to carry fare-paying passengers for hire operating in the city upon a finding of public convenience and necessity based on the recommendation by the director of transportation services. The director of transportation services may periodically recommend modification of the established limit to the council based upon the director of transportation services’ study and review, that shall include but not be limited to the following: (1) The effect on the consumer; (2) The number of pedicabs for hire already in operation; (3) Whether existing transportation is adequate to meet the public needs; (4) The probable effect of pedicab for hire service on traffic conditions, especially in the Waikiki resort areas; (5) The effect on revenues of existing holders of taxi business licenses; (6) The effect on the wages or compensation and working conditions of existing pedicab licensees; (7) Public convenience and necessity; and (8) Any other facts which the director deems relevant. (b) After the adoption and approval of this article, there will be no issuance of any business license for pedicabs for hire until action by the council, or the recommendation on the limit on the number of such vehicles, is taken. )