HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1982-065 ORDINANCE NO. $2-65
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE,
TEXAS, AMENDING GRAPEVINE CITY CODE, SEC-
TION 5-3 (b) & (c) RELATING TO AMBULANCE
FEES; PROVIDING A PENALTY; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR THE
REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; PROVID-
ING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY
THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS:
Section 1. Grapevine City Code Section 5-3 , Subsections
(b) & (c) relating to ambulance fees is hereby amended to read
as follows :
' (b) A fee of $45. 00 shall be charged per trip for the
transportation by emergency ambulance of a person
to a hospital providing emergency medical aid, 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 $60 . 00 shall be charged per trip for the
transportation by emergency ambulance of a person
to a hospital providing emerqency medical aid , in
response to a call received by the fire department
for emergency ambulance service when the emergency
run is made without the corporate city limits of
Grapevine.
Section 2. Any person violating any of the provisions of
this ordinance shall be deem�d guilty of a misdemeanor, and,
upon conviction in Municipal Court, shall be subject to a fine
not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200 .00 ) for each offense.
Section 3. Should any section or provision of this ordi-
nance for any reason be held void, unconstitutional , or invalid, �
it shall not affect the validity of any other section or provi-
sion hereof which is in itsel� not void, unconstitutional , or
invalid.
Section 4 . All ordinances or parts of ordinances incon-
sistent or conflicting with the provisions of this ordinance
are hereby repealed; provided, however , that the repeal of
existing ordinances by this ordinance shall not affect or pre-
vent the prosecution or punishment of any person for any act
done or committed in violation of any ordinance hereby repealed
prior to the taking effect of this ordinance , but prosecutions
for such offenses may be instituted and causes presently pend-
ing proceeded with in all respects as if such prior ordinance
had been repealed.
Section 5. The fact that the present ordinances of the
City of Grapevine, Texas are insufficient to control the oper-
ation of ambulances creates an urgency and an emergency in the
preservation of the public health, safety, and welfare , and
require that this ordinance shall take effect immediately from
and after its passage and the publication of said ordinance ,
as the law in such cases provides.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on this the 5th day of October , 1982 .
APPROVED:
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Mayor
ATTEST:
City Sec ta
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGAZITY:
City Attorney