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510 (i) Any other information as the County shall deem reasonably necessary for a fair determination of the capability of the applicant to provide ambulance service in Cabarrus County in accordance with the requirements of State law and the provisions of this ordinance. SECTION 4, (a) (b) (c) GRANTING OF FRANCHISE: Upon receipt of an application for a franchise, the Board shall schedule a time and place for a hearing on the application. The County shall, prior to the hearing, cause such investigation as is deemed necessary to be made of the applicant and its proposed operations. A franchise shall be granted if the Board finds all of the following: (1) That the public convenience and necessity requires the proposed ambulance service. (2) That each such ambulance and its required equipment have been certified by the State of North Carolina as acceptable for the type of franchise requested. (3) That the applicant or its officers or partners are responsible persons to conduct or work in the proposed business. (4) That only duly certified Emergency Medical Technicians are employed as operators and attendants by applicants for an ambulance service franchise. (5) That all the requirements of this ordinance and all other applicable laws and ordinances have been met. SECTION 5. TERM OF FRANCHISE AND GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES: The Board shall issue a franchise hereunder to an ambulance provider, to be valid for a term to be determined by the Board, provided either party may, at its option, terminate the franchise after written notice to the other party given at least six months prior to the date of termination. The Board may terminate a franchise only after holding a public hearing following publication of a notice of hearing once a week for two successive weeks before the hearing. No franchise granted may be sold, assigned or transferred nor in any way rest in any person other than the applicant to whom the franchise is granted. The franchise shall state the geographical boundaries, if any, of the area for which the franchise is granted. With six months written notice to the franchised operator, the Board may alter the geographical boundaries of the franchisee. If any franchised ambulance provider shall fail to comply with any provision of this ordinance, then the Board, after a hearing upon thirty (30) days written notice, may suspend or revoke the franchise. If upon such hearing, the Board shall find that the franchise holder has corrected any deficiencies and has brought itself into compliance with the provisions of this ordinance, the franchise shall not be suspended or revoked. Upon suspension, revocation or termination of an ambulance franchise hereunder, such ambulance provider shall immediately cease operations as such. Upon suspension, revocation or termination for any reason of an Emergency Medical Technician license or certificate hereunder, such person as previously held such license or certificate shall cease to function as an operator or attendant on an ambulance. SECTION 6, (a) (b) (c) (d) STANDARDS FOR AMBULANCE FRANCHISE: Each franchised ambulance provider shall at all times comply with all applicable State laws and provisions of this ordinance. Any change of ownership or management of a franchised ambulance provider shall terminate the franchise and shall require a new application and a new franchise and conformance with all the requirements of this ordinance as upon original franchising. No franchise may be sold, assigned, mortgaged or otherwise transferred without the approval of the County and a finding of conformance with all the requirements of this ordinance as upon original franchising. Each franchised ambulance provider, its equipment and the premises designated in the application and all records relating to its maintenance and operation as such, shall be open to inspection by the County or its designated representative during normal office hours.