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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances (O-76-224)-12/31/1976 ~ A' , )fJ, \ \;J c' ) ."j,.}......",I.......!. r J ' , ,Y ...' '\j .. , ,/ ,.- .1""."- -" , J '\ vOLuMr~___:p AGi;'_L0_,. ~~ J OHDINANCE 0-76-224 AN ORDINANCE LICENSING AND REGULATING OPERATORS OF PRIVAT AMBULANCES; PROHIBITING THE OPERATING OF AMBULANCES UPON THE PUBLIC STREETS OF SAID CITY WITHOUT HA VING OBTAINED A LICENSE THEREFOR; SETTING FORTH THE PROCEDURE BY WHICH PRIVATE AMBULANCES AND PERSONS OPERATING SAME SHALL ACQUIF AND MAINTAIN SUCH LICENSE; PROVIDING REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE OPERATION OF SUCH AMBULANCES; PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FO THE VIOLATION HEREOF; PROVIDING THAT THE TERMS HEREIN CONTAINED SHALL BE SEPARABLE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTI\ DATE. Therefore be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Colleyville that: Section 1. 0 Ambulances A. Definition. As usee herein, "Ambulance" shall mean any privately owned vehicle equipped or used for transporting the wounded, injure sick and dead, and shall include emergency vehicles used for such purposes pRd invalid coaches, but shall specifically exclude funeral coaches.c>--S' ' Section 2.0 License Required A. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate an A mbulance upon the streets of Colleyville without first obtaining a license as hereinafter provided from the City Council,. Section 3. 0 Application for License - Rates A. Applications for license shall be made upon forms prepared by the Chief of Police and shall contain: 1.) The name and address of the owner of the ambulance service. 2.) The number and description of ambulances to be used including the make, rnodel, year of manufacture, state of Texas License number for the current year, motor and chassis number for ea, and the length of time such ambulances have been in use servicl 3.) The location and description of ,the place or places from which such ambulances intended to operate. 4.) ,Such other information as the Chief of Police shall find reasona necessary to a fair determination of whether the terms of this ordinance have 1)('PI1 complipr! with. '>.) Thl' ,lgr<'('lill'lIt "I tll(' o!J('r;J!'H" tli;J!. iI, lh" l'vI'llI ',\1( II lic('II,'if' is granted, sixty (1)0) days notl< (. of di:-H 'mtiI111;trl' (' of ;,rnbu!;'l1c(, - ORDINANCE 0-76-224 PAGE 2 VOLUME ~PAGE )6 ~-- service is to be given by the operator under such license to the Chief of Police and City Council of the City of Colleyville, in the event the operator thereof wishes to discontinue ambulance service thereunder~ 6.) The maximum rates proposed to be charged for ambulance service by the operator which shall not thereafter be changed with- out the prior approval of the City Council. Section 4. 0 Issuance of License A. Within fifteen (15) days after receipt of proper application as provided herein, the City Council shall cause a public nearing to be held concerning the applicant and his prop,osed operation. 1.) Standards for issuance of license. The City Council shall deny a license hereunder unless it finds: a.) That the public convenience and necessity require the proposed ambulance service for which application has been submitted; and in determining whether public convenience and necessity require the licensing of proposed ambulance service, the City Council shall consider whether the public is, at the time of application, adequately served, the financial responsibility of the applicant, the number, kind and type of equipment, the schedule of rates proposed to be charge, the increased traffic congestion upon the streets of the City, the demand for increased traffic congestion upon the streets of the City, the demand for increased parking space upon the streets which will or may result, whether the safe use of the streets by the public, both vehicular and pedestrian, will be preserved, and such other factors as the City Council shall consider relevant...... b.) That the applicant propose to maintain a sufficient number of ambulances with adequate equipment to efficiently serve the safety and welfare of the citizens of the City under the ter ms and provisions hereof. Such license shall be conditioned upon the maintenace by the applicant of the number of ambulance units that may from time to time be prescribed by the City. c.) That all vehicles to be licensed are to be in good mechanical repair and equipped with tires in good condition of a type and design suitable for transporting the injured, to be distinctly marked showing the name of the licensee, to be licensed as an ernergency vehicle under the rules of the State Board of Health, and such vehicles to include as accessory equipment ~"'@Chief-oi..,Eoli<;e, oxygen tank and mask in each vehicle with oxygen pressure maintained at a minimum of one thousand pounds, to include a complete and adequate first-aid kit, <lnd facilities for the usual transportation of a second ORDINANCE 0-76-224 PAGE 3 VOUJMfi1 ~ l'AGm J 1.1-; " patient when and if needed. d.) That insurance policies as required by this Ordinance have been procured. e.) That the applicant and all attendants and Drivers be fit and proper persons to conduct or work in the proposed business, that each vehicle is to be manned by at least two persons, that the drivers thereof are to have valid Texas Chauffeur's License, and all personnel to be of good moral character, subject to the review of the Chief of Police. f.) That all requirements of this Ordinance and all ~other governing laws and ordinances have been met. I Section 5.0 Insurance Policy A. An applicant hereunder shall file with the Chief of Police of the City . of Colleyville an insurance policy with a reputable insurance company licensed to do business in the State of Texas, providing insurance coverage on all vehicles with minimum liability coverage of $25,000.00 property damage, $100,000.00 injury or death per person and $50,000.00 liability insurance for each accident or occurrence. 1.) Coverage period. Every insurance policy required hereunder for the period to be covered by the license applied for and the licensee shall be obligated to give not less than ten (10) days v written notice to the Chief of Police Cefore any cancellation or termination thereof earlier than its expiration date and the cancellation or other termination of any such policy. shall automatically revoke and terminate the license issued for ambulances covered by such policy, unless another insurance policy complying with the provisions of this shall be provided and be in effect at the time of such cancellation or termination../ Section 6.0 Operation of Ambulances. A. . No per son, firm or corporation within the City shall operate any ambulance upon the public streets of said City unless and until such ambulance has been certified for such usage by the Chief of Police and the person operating same shall have complied with all rules and regulations prescribed by this Ordinance, concerning the equipment necessary to be placed upon such ambulance an.d personnel to operate ?ame. Such requirements shall from time to time be revis ed or changed so as to provide for the necessary and proper maintenance of equipment o[,all ambulances operating within the City, and shall apply with equal force and effect to all operators thereof. Section 7.0 Response to City originated Emergency calls required. A. Each person rnilking application to operate an arnbulance or ambulance . , ..~~ ORDINANCE 0-76-224 PAGE 4 VOLUME fr PAGE /7 () . <./t~..J )LK-L-t..JL-, f-A/'Y ~ service within the City s-houldbe..ge,e:~e.~ by filihgof such applicatton ..t;.e- agree to accept all emergency calls originating from the Fire or Police Departments of the City of Colleyville and acceptance of such calls shall be a condition for the continuation of the licensee to operate such ambulance or ambulance service, and such licensee must provide sufficient number of ambulances and crews to be operable on a twenty-four (24)1 hour per day basis for emergency dispatch as may be required. Suctx ambulances and ambulance equipment and crews as may be licensed hereunder are to be located, subject to the approval of the Chief of Police, so that an ambulance can reach within a reasonabl period of not more than fifteen (lSj minutes from the time of call any area within the City Limits of the City of Colleyville. --- Se ction 8.0 Patients Right to Designate Hospitals, etc. A. Any licensee..J1el"eul"ld'Er hereby agrees that any patient carried by said ambulance service may designate any hospital to which he wish-&el5to be transported and the licensee shall honor such request or 8-e&ignatio[l;. ~L:-,.. ;t~,- Section 9. 0 Traffic Regulations Applicable A. Nothing contained in this ordinance shall vest or give to any licensee hereunder any special privileges under the traffic laws of the State of Texas or the City of Colleyville as regard~peed and safe operation of emergency vehicles. Section 10.0 Chief of Police to Supervise A mbulance Service A. It is the intent of this ordinance that the citizens of the City of Colleyville shall" at all times have adequate and necessary ambulance service, and to this end, the Chief of Police is authorized to supervise and enforce this ordinance and prescribe such requirements not inconsistent herewith which from time to time shall be deemed necessary to insure that the operators of ambulances or ambulance servi'ces hereunder shall be able to render such public service. Section 11. 0 Payment For Ambulance Service A. Any person who shall, with intent to defraud, request the serVices of an ambulance within the City of Colleyville for himself or for a member of his family, having no intention to pay for the same, and any person who shall, with intent to defraud, accept for, himself the services of an ambulance within the City of Colleyville, having no intention of paying for the same, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The failure to pay for such service,S within ninety days after they have been rendered, demand for such payment having been made, shall be prima facie evidence of intention not to pay therefor, in violation of this Ordinance. Section 12. 0 Licensee Prohibited From Ihding Hease Service'S ~ .' ... ORDINANCE 0-76-224 PAGE 5 'VOLID1f1i1 ~I'I'.r!~ / f ' ~ --- A. No licensee other than a funeral home hereunder shall be allowed to provide hearse service for the transportation to any morgue, mortuary or funeral home, of the body of any person officially declared dead. Section 13. 0 Continuing Violation A. Each act in violation of this ordinance should be considered a separate offense and a separate violation hereof. Section 14.0 A. Should any work, term or provIsIon herein contained be declared invalid or enforceable, such declaration shall have no effect upon the other provisions contained herein. Section 15.0 Effective Date This Ordinance shall become effective and be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage and adoption by the City Council and upon the approval thereof by the Mayor of the City of Colleyville" Texas, and publication thereof as prescribed by law. PASSES AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Colleyville, Texas, this the day of , A. D., 1976. JOHN A. ANDREWS, Mayor Attest: City Secretary Approved as to form and legality: Attorney