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<br />INTRODUCED BY <br /> <br />Mr. Price <br /> <br />DATE July 10, 2006 <br /> <br />BILL NO. 8898 <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. 6659 <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2.68 OF THE UNIVERSITY CITY <br />MUNICIP AL CODE, RELATING TO MISCELLANEOUS ADMINISTRATIVE <br />PROVISIONS, BY REPEALING SECTION 2.68.020 THEREOF , RELATING <br />TO FEES FOR USE OF CITY AMBULANCE SERVICE, AND ENACTING IN <br />LIEU THEREOF A NEW SECTION TO BE KNOWN AS "SECTION 2.68.020 <br />FEES FOR USE OF CITY AMBULANCE SERVICE," THEREBY <br />AMENDING SAID SECTION SO AS TO INCREASE THE FEES FOR USE OF <br />CITY AMBULANCE SERVICE; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND <br />PROVIDING A PENALTY. <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY CITY, <br />MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS: <br /> <br />Section 1. Chapter 2.68 of the University City Municipal Code, relating to <br />miscellaneous administrative provisions, is hereby amended by repealing Section 2.68.020 <br />thereof, relating to fees for use of City ambulance service, and enacting in lieu thereof a new <br />section to be known as "Section 2.68.020 Fees for use of City ambulance service," thereby <br />amending said section so as to increase the fees for use of City ambulance service; so that said <br />section, as so amended, shall read as follows: <br /> <br />SECTION 2.68.020 FEES FOR USE OF CITY AMBULANCE SERVICE. <br /> <br />Any person using the facilities of the City ambulance shall be charged the amount of six <br />hundred and sixty dollars ($660) for each such use. In addition to such base fee, there <br />shall be a fee of eight dollars and forty cents ($8.40) per mile for each transport to a <br />hospital. When a City paramedic provides treatment to a person but the City ambulance <br />does not transport the person, the fee shall be one hundred and sixteen dollars ($116). In <br />the event a City ambulance responds to a mutual aid reciprocal jurisdiction, the City may <br />charge such fees that such jurisdiction charges. <br /> <br />Section 2. This ordinance shall not be construed so as to relieve any person, firm or <br />corporation from any penalty heretofore incurred by the violation of Chapter 2.68, Section <br />2.68.020, nor bar the prosecution for any such violation. <br /> <br />Section 3. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this <br />ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalty provided in Chapter 1.12, <br />Section 1.12.010 of the University City Municipal Code. <br /> <br />Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage <br />as provided by law. <br />