HomeMy WebLinkAbout3024 AN ORDINANCE amending Ordinance No. 3012
so as to provide that applications for a
Master Ambulanc~ License shall be presented
to the City Council; and further to define
the license period as "license year"; and
declaring an emergency.
THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. That Section IV of Ordinance No. 3012
is hereby amended to read as follows:
SECTION IV: APPLICATION FOR MASTER AMBULANCE LICENSE.
An application for a master ambulance license to operate an
ambulance service shall be made upon forms provided by the City.
Application shall be submitted to the City Clerk. If all
application requirements have been met, the City Clerk shall
submit the application to the City Council for approval or
disapproval. If approval is given by the City Council for a
master ambulance license, then the City Clerk shall issue the
license providing the applicant complies with the provisions
of this ordinance. The application shall, among others, contain
the following information:
A.Name, home address and telephone number of the appli-
cant.
B. Business name under which the ambulance service
will be operated within the City of Bremerton
together with business address and telephone number.
C.In case of a corporation, the name and address
of the officers and directors of such corporation,
and in case of a partnership, the name and address
of each general or limited partner.
D. A description of each ambulance, including the make,
model, year of manufacture, motor and chassis number,
together with current State license number; the
length of time the ambulance has been in use and the
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color scheme, insignia, name, monogram or other
distinquishing characteristics to be used to
designate applicant's ambulance.
E. The location and description of the place or places
from which the ambulance service is intended to
operate and the number of licensed medical attendants
to be initially employed.
F. The fee for such master license shall be $100.00
per license year and such license shall entitle the
holder thereof to license three ambulance vehicles
doing business in the City of Bremerton without any
additional fee. Thereafter the fee shall be $25.00
per license year for each ambulance so licensed.
G. Prior to the issuance of such licenses, all equip-
ment and accessories of every type and description
required for use shall have been duly inspected by
an authorized inspection service, including licensed
or franchise dealer or repair business or such other
agency or specialists as the City may designate.
It shall be the responsibility of each licensee
to furnish unto the City upon request, but at least
every six months, a complete report of inspection
warranting the condition, adequacy and proper function
of all such equipment and accessories.
H. Based on the City of Bremerton's present needs,
there shall be issued one, such master ambulance
license for each 40,000 population, or fraction
thereof, residing within the C±~y of Bremerton.
Additional ambulance licenses may be issued when-
ever an applicant can demonstrate, by a preponderance
of evidence, that such additional service is needed
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within the City, and that he is capable of furnishing
such service as hereinabove set forth.
I. In the event any such license, as hereinabove set
forth, is issued after January 1, of any license
year, then the fee shall be one-half of the annual
fee set forth above.
Section 2. That an emergency exists and is hereby
declared to exist, and this Ordinance is necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety of the citizens
of the City of Bremerton and this Ordinance should take and be
effective immediately following passage and publication.
PASSED unanimously by the City Council of the City of
Bremerton, signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in
authentication of such passage this 28th day of June, 1972.
ATTEST:
~'. C. Y~DON, SR., ~ity Clerk
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