HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #1513 ORDINANCE NO. 1513
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH ORDINANCE CODE
AMENDING SECTIONS OF ARTICLE 221 CONCERNING
AMBULANCE SERVICE
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does
ordain as follows :
SECTION 1. The Huntington Beach Ordinance Code is hereby
amended by amending Sections 2211. 1, 2211 . 2 . 1 and 2211. 3 to read
as follows :
2211. 1. CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC NEED AND NECESSITY REQUIRED.
No owner shall operate any private ambulance, owned or controlled
by such owner in the business of transporting at the call of the
police or fire departments of this city, ill or injured patients
or shall in any way carry, at the call of the police or fire de-
partments of this city, passengers or patients , unless such owner
has previously obtained a certificate of public need and necessity
to do so as provided for in this article . Nothing contained in
this article shall be deemed expressly or impliedly to limit the
City of Huntington Beach to the granting of an exclusive certifi-
cate of public need and necessity to any single owner, operator or
operators . Nothing contained in this article shall be deemed to
require a certificate of public need and necessity of any owner of
any private ambulance, owned or controlled by such owner in the busi-
ness of transporting, at the call of any private physician or
hospital, ill or injured patients or passengers .
2211 . 2 . 1. FEES . No certificate of need and necessity shall
be issued or continued in operation unless and until the applicant
has paid to the Treasurer of the City of Huntington Beach a fee of
Five Dollars ($5. 00 ) for each ambulance per year. Such fee of
Five Dollars ($5. 00) for each ambulance per year shall be trans-
ferable in any one (1) year in the event of a trade-in of the
ambulance or vehicle involved.
2211 . 3 . BUSINESS LICENSE REQUIRED. No person or owner shall
operate any private ambulance in this city without first obtaining
a business license as provided in Chapter 21 of this code . No
certificate of public need and necessity shall be issued under this
article until the owner desiring to obtain such certificate of
public need and necessity has first obtained such business license
1 .
for such private ambulance service as required by Chapter 21
of this code . Business license fees shall be paid to city as
required by Chapter 21 of this code .
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect thirty days
from its adoption. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
of this ordinance and cause same to be published within fifteen
days of its adoption in the Huntington Beach News , a newspaper
of general circulation, printed and published in Huntington Beach,
California.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 21 ' day
of July, 1969 .
ayor
ATTEST:
City4gKerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorn
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Ord. No.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss :
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I , PAUL C. JONES , The duly elected , qualified, and
acting City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach and ex-
officio Clerk of the City Council of the said City, do hereby
certify that the whole number of members of the City Council
of the City of Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing
ordinance was read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 7th day of July
19 & and was again read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the2lad day of July ,
19 69 and was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of
more than a majority of all the members of said City Council.
AYES: Councilmen:
Bartlett, McCracken, Kaufman, Matney, Coen, Green
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen:
Shipley
City CTerk and e fficio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California
f• WAVL C. JONES, CITY CLERK of the City of
Hununrtnn Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the City
Counrit hereby certify that this ordinance has
been p hed in th Huntington�Be ch News on ,r
Ino nce with a City C rter of said City.
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