El Centro Municipal Code Art. II Ambulance Service

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Cross reference— Operation of other vehicles upon approach of authorized emergency vehicles, § 17-61.

State Law reference— Authority to adopt local regulations, Veh. Code, § 2512(b).

Any person, firm or corporation proposing to operate an ambulance service within the city shall first obtain from the city a nonexclusive license to engage in such business.

(Code 1962, § 2A-1; Ord. No. 71-13, § 1)

Any person may obtain a nonexclusive license to operate an ambulance service within the city in either of the following manners:

(a) A license may be granted on application of any holder of a valid, current permit issued to him by the county, which allows him to operate an ambulance service in any area adjacent to the city. Such city ambulance license shall be in the form of a city business license with the same expiration date as the county permit currently held by the applicant. Application may be made by filing a copy of the valid, current county permit and a completed application for a city business license with the city license collector. Renewal of such a license granted hereunder shall be secured by submitting the renewed county permit to the license collector. The annual fee for a license to operate ambulance service shall be twenty-five dollars ($25.00) payable in advance to city, which may be prorated quarterly for the first year.

(b) A license to operate an ambulance service in the city may be issued to persons not holding a permit from the county. Such persons shall make application for a license on the form provided by the license collector, and shall pay a nonrefundable application fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) to the city at the time of application. Upon filing of such application and fee with the license collector, such license collector shall notify the city clerk, who shall fix a date for a public hearing before the city council not less than fifteen (15) days after the date of filing such application and fee. At the hearing the council will consider whether the public health, safety, welfare, convenience and necessity require the granting of the license requested. If the city council finds the issuance of the license to be justified, a license shall be granted either by ordinance or resolution prescribing the license fee, the requirements to be met by the licensee, a schedule of charges to be made for services by the licensee and such other matters as the council may deem pertinent.

(Code 1962, § 8A-2; Ord. No. 71-13, § 2)

The grantee of any license obtained by either of the manners above described in section 13-17 shall agree in writing setting forth such terms and conditions as the city council may deem necessary and approve by resolution from time to time, and such writing shall be filed with the city clerk. All licensees hereunder shall comply with the terms of their license as well as with all resolutions, ordinances and state laws now in effect or hereafter passed or enacted. The lack of such compliance shall be grounds for termination of any license granted hereunder.

(Code 1962, § 2A-3; Ord. No. 71-13, § 3)