HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-2486 - Ordinance - 01/25/2001ORDINANCE NO. 2486
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 4, "BUSINESS REGULATIONS", SECTION 7,
"AMBULANCES", OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE
STATION, TEXAS, BY AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS AS SET OUT BELOW;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; DECLARING A PENALTY; AND PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION,
TEXAS:
PART 1:
That Chapter 4, "Business Regulations", Section 7, "Ambulances", of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of College Station, Texas, be amended as set out in Exhibit
"A", attached hereto and made a part of this ordinance for all purposes.
PART 2:
That if any provisions of any section of this ordinance shall be held to be void or
unconstitutional, such holding shall in no way effect the validity of the remaining
provisions or sections of this ordinance, which shall remain in full force and effect.
PART 3:
That any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this chapter
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be
punishable by a fine of not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than
Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). Each day such violation shall continue or be
permitted to continue, shall be deemed a separate offense. Said Ordinance, being a
penal ordinance, becomes effective ten (10) days after its publication in the news-
paper, as provided by Section 35 of the Charter of the City of College Station.
PASSED, ADOPTED and APPROVED this 25th day of January
,2001.
APPROVED:
EYNi~McILHANEY, Mayor
APPROVED:
City Attom~
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EXHIBIT "A"
I.
That Chapter 4, "Business Regulations", Section 7, "Ambulances", of the Code of Ordinances of
the City of College Station, Texas, is hereby amended, by adding two new definitions to
Subsection A, "Definitions", and renumbering the other definitions, to read as follows:
(10) Hospital (General) is an establishment that:
(a) offers services, facilities, and beds for use for more than 24 hours for two
or more unrelated individuals requiring diagnosis, treatment, or care of
illness, injury, deformity, abnormality, or pregnancy; and
(b) regularly maintains, at a minimum, clinical laboratory services, diagnostic
X-ray services, treatment facilities including surgery or obstetrical care or
both, other definitive medical or surgical treatment of similar extent.
(11) Hospital (Special) is an establishment that:
(a) offers services and beds for use for more than 24 hours for two or more
unrelated individuals who are regularly admired, treated, and discharged
and who require services more intensive than room, board, personal
services, and general nursing care;
(b) has clinical laboratory facilities, diagnostic X-ray facilities, treatment
facilities, or other definitive medical treatment~
(c) has medical staff in regular attendance; and
(d) maintains records of clinical work performed for each patient.
(12) Mutual Aid is the request for emergency ambulance service by the College Station
Fire Department to the provider as set forth in Mutual Aid Agreements between
the College Station Fire Department and that provider.
(13) Non-emergency Ambulance Service means a trip made by an ambulance to
transport a sick or injured person from place to place under other than emergency
circumstances.
(14) Person includes partnership, firm, association, and corporation.
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Provider means the person, partnership, corporation or other entity holding a City
ambulance permit and listed as a licensed provider with the Texas Department of
Health.
II.
That Chapter 4, "Business Regulations", Section 7, "Ambulances", Subsection D, of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of College Station, Texas, is hereby amended, by adding an exception
following paragraph 3(b), "Maintaining Ambulances at Particular Locations", as set out hereafter,
to read as follows:
Exception: General and Special Hospitals shall be exempt from this provision.
Hospital-based ambulances shall park at a hospital in such a manner that
emergency entrances or ambulance loading or unloading areas are not obstructed
or blocked. Any hospital-based ambulance must park at the hospital so as to not
violate any City ordinances such as the City's sign ordinance, fire lane provisions,
or any other ordinances impacting parking or obstruction of entrances or exits or
any state or federal law.
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