Anyone with a taxicab operator permit under previous BC Chapter 7.35, Taxicabs, valid as of the effective date of the ordinance repealing the previous chapter and creating this chapter is exempt from this chapter, Vehicles for Hire, until January 1, 2018, unless the permit holder wishes to apply under the new chapter at an earlier date. All existing taxicab operator permits issued prior to the effective date of the ordinance creating this chapter will expire automatically on December 31, 2017. [Ord. NS-2287, 2017]