City officials have ordered the ride-sharing service to cease operations in the area or be fined.
City officials have ordered the ride-sharing service to cease operations in the area or be fined.
The city upped the ante last week, sending a notice of violation to Brooke Steger, general manager of Uber Seattle. The notice — the first step in the city’s enforcement process — ordered the company to cease operations and stop recruiting its independent drivers until it secured the license, or the city would fine the company. Hammond said the city could impose fines on Uber at any time but hasn’t done so yet.
“It is disappointing that Uber continues to operate illegally after being asked by the city, repeatedly, to cease its illegal operations,” Rachelle Nicholas, the city’s compliance service supervisor, wrote in the notice.
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