HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1987-083 ORDINANCE NO. 87-83
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE,
TEXAS, AMENDING GRAPEVINE CITY CODE,
TION 5-3 b c AND d
CHAPTER 5, SEC ( ) , ( ) � )
RELATING TO AMBUI,ANCE FEES; PROVIDING A
PENALTY; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF
� CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE,
TEXAS :
Section 1 . That the Grapevine City Code Chapter 5,
Section 5-3, Subsections (b) , (c) and (d) relating to ambulance
fees are hereby amended to read as follows:
" (b) A fee of $75. 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 $100. 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 without the corporate city limits of
Grapevine.
(d) Any person receiving oxygen while being
���-� transported shall be charged an additional fee of
ten dollars ($10. 00) . "
Section 2 . Any person violating any of the provisions of
this ordinance shall be deemed 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
ordinance for any reason be held void, unconstitutional, or
invalid, it shall not affect the validity of any other section or
provision hereof which is in itself not void, unconstitutional,
or invalid.
Section 4. All ordinances or parts of ordinances
inconsistent 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are hereby repealed; provided, however, that the repeal of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 prevent
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committed in violation of any ordinance hereby repealed prior to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 pending 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repealed.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 operation 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 lst day of December . 1987 •
APPROVED:
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City Attorney
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