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0428CITY OF SOUTHLA}~E, TEXAS ORDINANCE NO. 428 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 395 RELATING TO EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICE BY AMENDING SECTION 3 THEREOF RELATING TO EMERGENCY SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT; AMENDING THE FEE CHARGED PER AMBULANCE TRIP TO $100.00 FOR CALLS MADE WITHIN THE CITY AND $125.00 FOR CALLS MADE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY; DESIGNATING THE MEDICAL FACILITY TO WHICH THE INgURED OR SICK ARE TO BE TRANSPORTED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS 15500.001 FOR EACH OFFENSE AND A SEPARATE OFFENSE SHALL BE DEEMED COMMITTED EACH DAY DURING OR ON WHICH A VIOLATION OCCURS OR CONTINUES; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS: Section ]. That Ordinance no. 395 of the City of Southlake, Texas (the "City") relating to emergency ambulance service is hereby amended in the following particulars, and that all other sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences, phrases and words of said Ordinance are not amended by are hereby ratified, verified, approve~ an© affirmed: A. That Section 3 of Ordinance No. 395 is hereby amended in part to read as follows: "Section 3.Emergency Service Provided By Fire Department. "(b) A fee of $100.00 shall be charged per trip for the transportation by emergency ambulance of the City of a person to a hospital or other emergency medical facility in response to a call received by the Fire Department for emergency ambulance service when the emergency run is made within the City. "(c) A fee of S125.00 shall be charged per trip for the transportation by emergency ambulance of the City of a person to a hospital or other emergency medical facility in response to a call received by the Fire Department for emergency ambulance service when the emergency run is made outside of the corporate limits of the City. "(d) When the Fire Department is transporting a person who is unconscious or unable to communicate because of an injury, accident or illness or who is suffering from what reasonably appears to be a life-threatening injury or illness, the Fire Department shall transport that person to the hospital or other emergency medical facility that can provide appropriate emergency care nearest to the location at which the person was picked up. In all other instances, the Fire Department, when transporting a person pursuant to a request for emergency ambulance service, shall transport that person to the hospital or other emergency medical facility that can provide appropriate emergency care nearest to the location at which the person was picked up, or, at the request of the person who is injured or ill. A list, of approved hospitals the Fire Department may transport to, will be kept on file in the Fire Department Director of Medical Services Office. Section 2. That this ordinance shall be cumulative of all other ordinances of the City affecting emergency ambulance services and shall not repeal any of the provisions of said ordinance except ir, those instances where provisions of those ordinances are indirect conflict with the provisions of this ordinance. Section 3. If any section, article, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word in this ordinance, or application thereto any person or circumstance, is held invalid or unconstitutional by a Court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance; and the City Council hereby declares it would have passed such remaining portions of the ordinance despite such invalidity, which remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect. Section 4. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and u~on conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine in a sum not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars, ($500.00) for each offense and a separate offense shall be deemed committed upon each day during or on which a violation occurs. Section 5. The fact that the present ordinances and regulations of the City of Southlake, Texas are inadequate to properly safeguard the health, safety, morals, peace, and general welfare of the inhabitants of the City of Southlake, Texas, creates an emergency for the immediate preservation of the public business, property, health, safety, and general welfare of the public which requires that his ordinance become effective from and after the date of its passage and it is accordingly so ordained. PASSED AND APPROVED by the ~ity~/C°unci$ of ~he:City of Southlake, Texas this the '~ day bf ~'//~.g~3~ L ~9,,~8'.' i city of~ Sou%hlake, Texas ATTEST: / . .,.';'. ,,,, ~ ~-, / ~ .,. '?.. ,'~ i / /h s~dra L. LeGrand, ~ity Secr~ry:['- City of Southlake, Texas (SEAL) %,~ APPROVED AS TO FORM: John F. Boyle, Ci~ty Attorney City of Southlake, Texas