No Person shall engage in the business of operating an ambulance or ambulances for profit on a for-hire basis within the City without first having obtained a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Council of the City; provided, however, that ambulances conveying emergency medical transportation teams for the handling of urgent special medical cases shall be exempt from the said requirement. Such ambulances which are necessary for the handling of such cases shall be manned by a team including a medical doctor. It shall be required that any such ambulance providing a medical team shall advise the Police Department prior to their operation in the City that such a unit is entering the City and properly identify it so that there will be no stopping of such vehicles by units of the Police Department. Such an ambulance service shall be subject to a business license tax as provided in this title. (Ord. 3221 § 1, 2012; Ord. 2408 § 1, 1990; Ord. 1374 § 1, 1971; Ord. 886 § 1; prior code § 31.51).