Burbank Municipal Code Art. 13 Private Ambulance SERVICE4

3-4-1301: LICENSE FEE; EXCEPTION:

Every person engaging in the business of carrying patients for hire in a private ambulance shall pay an annual license fee and application fee in the amount set forth in the Burbank Fee Resolution; provided, however, that no license or license fee shall be required of any person who delivers but does not pick up patients in the City. Anything to the contrary notwithstanding, it shall be lawful for any person owning or controlling a private ambulance to pick up patients in the City, without obtaining a license or paying a license fee, provided such person first ascertains from the person ordering the service that no licensee hereunder is able or willing to render the service requested, and notifies the Police Department that they are going to make such pick up. [Formerly numbered Section 8-106; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; Amended by Ord. No. 19-3,915, eff. 5/17/19; 3623.]

3-4-1302: COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES OPERATOR BUSINESS LICENSE:

No person required to be licensed in the City of Burbank shall engage in the business of carrying patients for hire in a private ambulance without an Ambulance Operator Business License from the County of Los Angeles. [Formerly numbered Section 8-107; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; Amended by Ord. No. 19-3,915, eff. 5/17/19; 3755, 2194.]

3-4-1303: APPLICATION FOR BUSINESS LICENSE CERTIFICATE:

Applications for such business license and certificate shall be filed with the Community Development Department and shall contain, in addition to the information required by Section 3-6-202 of this title:

A. Description of Vehicle: A description of the motor vehicle or vehicles which the applicant proposes to use as private ambulances, giving the type, name of the manufacturer, factory number and license plate number thereof;

B. Insignia: The color scheme, name, monogram or insignia of such private ambulance or ambulances;

C. Copy of a valid Los Angeles County Ambulance Operator Business License. [Formerly numbered Section 8-108; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; Amended by Ord. No. 19-3,915, eff. 5/17/19; 3828, 2194.]

3-4-1304: APPEALS:

An application for a business license and certificate that is denied may be appealed to the Director of the Department of Community Development or their designee. Any applicant dissatisfied with a decision to deny an application may appeal such decision to the Permit Appeals Panel pursuant to Section 2-1-1501. [Added by Ord. No. 19-3,915, eff. 5/17/19.]

3-4-1305: ISSUANCE OF BUSINESS LICENSE CERTIFICATE:

Upon successful completion and approval of an application pursuant to Section 3-4-1303, an applicant shall be issued a business license certificate as a Private Ambulance Service operator. [Added by Ord. No. 19-3,915, eff. 5/17/19.]

3-4-1306: INSURANCE:

The applicant shall file, and maintain in full force and effect at all times while such private ambulance is being operated, a policy of insurance as required to hold a Los Angeles County Ambulance Operator Business License. [Formerly numbered section 3-4-1307; Amended by Ord. No. 19-3,915, eff. 5/17/19; 3058, 3828, 3623.]

3-4-1307: IDENTIFICATION OF AMBULANCES:

Each ambulance shall bear on the outside of each rear door, in painted letters, not less than two and one-quarter inches (2 1/4") in height and not less than five-sixteenths inch (5/16") stroke, the name of the owner or the fictitious name under which they operate, their telephone number and the license number of such ambulance; and, in addition, each ambulance shall bear the color scheme, name, monogram or insignia as stated in the application. It shall be unlawful for any person to change such color scheme, name, monogram or insignia without filing an amended application with the City. [Formerly numbered 3- 4-1308; Amended by Ord. No. 19-3,915, eff. 5/17/19; 3058, 3755.]

3-4-1308: GROUNDS FOR REVOCATION:

A. Any license certificate granted or issued under the provisions of this article may be revoked for any of the following causes:

1. Failure to operate under or make use of such license certificate within ninety (90) days after it was granted.

2. Violation of any provision of this article by a holder of such license certificate;

3. The existence of any state of facts which would have been good reason to deny such license when applied for, regardless of when such state of facts arose;

4. Not having a current valid Los Angeles County Ambulance Operator Business License.

B. Any license certificate granted or issued under the provisions of this article may be revoked or denied for a conviction involving any of the following:

1. Moral turpitude;

2. Physical violence toward persons or property;

3. Sexual conduct;

4. Negligent or reckless driving;

5. Operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs;

6. Possession of any controlled substance or narcotic;

7. The following offenses Vehicle Code Sections 14601.3, 14601.4, 14601.5, 20001, 20003, 20004, 23104, 23153, Penal Code Sections 118, 192, 529.5 and any felony listed in the Penal Code including those charged as misdemeanors pursuant to Penal Code Section 17(b)(4); Vehicle Code Sections 31, 12500, 14601, 14601.1, 14601.2, 20002, 23103, 23152 and 23220;

8. A driving history indicating convictions of three or more moving violations within the last three years with two or more of such convictions occurring within the last twelve months from the date of the application; or

9. Misdemeanor as defined by the California Vehicle Code.

If there is a criminal conviction as listed, above, then the Community Development Director shall make an individualized assessment of whether the conviction history has a direct and adverse relationship with the specific duties of being a private ambulance driver or owner that justify denying or revoking the license. In making the assessment described in this paragraph, the Community Development Director shall consider all of the following: (i) The nature and gravity of the offense or conduct; (ii) the time that has passed since the offense or conduct and completion of the sentence; and (iii) the nature of the private ambulance service position. If the license is denied or revoked based on conviction the license holder or applicant will be given written notice of the disqualifying conviction.

C. Any applicant dissatisfied with a decision to revoke or deny the license may appeal such decision to the Permit Appeals Panel as listed in Title 2, Chapter 1, Title 15, of this Code. [Formerly numbered Section 3-4-1309; Amended by Ord. No. 19-3,915, eff. 5/17/19; 3058.]