HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 7162 ORDINANCE NO. Z-
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 6 OF THE CODE OF THE
CITY OF FORT WORTH (1964) , AS AMENDED, WHICH CHAP-
TER REGULATES THE OPERATION OF AMBULANCES, BY AMEND-
ING THOSE AMBULANCE SERVICE RATES ESTABLISHED BY
SECTION 6-17 THEREOF; MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULA-
TIVE OF PRIOR ORDINANCES; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES
AND PROVISIONS OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING A SEVERABIL-
ITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH, TEXAS :
SECTION 1.
That Section 6-17 of Chapter 6 of the Code of the City
of Fort Worth (1964) , as amended, be, and the same is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"No operator shall exceed the maximum rates
established by the following schedule:
"(a) Thirty-five dollars ($35.00) base fee
for transporting one (1) patient; an additional
thirty dollars ($30.00) for transporting a second
patient; an additional twenty-five dollars ($25.00)
for each additional patient;
"(b) Five dollars ($5.00) for the adminis-
tration of oxygen to each patient;
" (c) Five dollars ($5.00) per one-half (112)
hour charge for waiting in excess of fifteen (15)
minutes;
"(d) Fifteen dollars ($15.00) charge for each
unfounded request for service;
"(e) Forty-five dollars ($45.00) maximum
charge for transporting one (1) patient within the
limits of the city.
"Total charges per service shall be equally
divided among those patients transported simul-
taneously.
"The collection of such charge shall be the
sole responsibility of the operator. "
SECTION 2.
That this ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions
of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1964) , as amended, and
all other ordinances of the City of Fort Worth regarding regu-
lation of the operation of ambulances, except in those in-
stances where the provisions of this ordinance are in direct
conflict with the provisions of such Code or such ordinances,
in which instances said conflicting provisions of such Code
and such ordinances are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3.
That it is hereby declared to be the intention of the City
Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and
phrases of this ordinance are severable, and if any phrase,
clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall
be declared void, ineffective or unconstitutional by the valid
judgment or final decree of a court of competent jurisdiction,
such voidness, ineffectiveness or unconstitutionality shall not
affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, para-
graphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have
been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation here-
in of any such void, ineffective or unconstitutional phrase,
clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
SECTION 4.
That any person violating any of the provisions of this
ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and each
such person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for
each day or portion thereof during which any violation of any
of the provisions of this ordinance is committed, continued
or permitted, and each violation shall be punishable by a fine
not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200.00) .
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SECTION 5.
That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after the date of its passage and publication as
required by law, and it is so ordained.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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S. G. JOHNDROE, JR., City Attorney
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