HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1399ORDINANCE NO. 1~
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A FEE SCHEDULE FOR
VARIOUS POLICE: AND FIRE SERVICES
WHEREAS, it is the intention of the City Council to
place cost for the provision of various municipal services upon
the users thereof, and studies by the police and fire departments
of the city have determined the use by other municipalities of
a schedule of charges for various services, and
WHEREAS, following study and public hearing of such
schedules of charges, the Council has determined the same are just
and equitable and in the best interests of the citizens of the
City of Central Point, now, therefore,
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF CENTRAL POINT DO ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. There is hereby added to the Municipal Code
of the City of Central Point Chapter 3.16 which is to read as
followsc
Chapter 3.16
CHARGES FOR POLICE AND FIRE SERVICES
3.16.010 Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to
minimize the cost of police and fire services to the taxpayers
of the city in cases in which the service is of a non-emergency
nature and in which a specific benefit is derived by the person
served or the service could have been avoided by the use of
reasonable care on the part of the person served, by imposing
the cost, or a portion thereof, upon the person served.
3.16.020 Definitions. Unless the context requires
otherwise, the following words shall be defined as follows in
this chapter:
A. "User" means the person, persons or entity, including
businesses, partnerships and corporations, to whom a service is
provided.
B. "Service" means the provision of employee time,
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equipment or materials provided by the police department or fire
department, in the manner specifically referred to in this chapter.
C. "Alarm business" means any business. providing bur-
glar, fire or any other alarm or warning systems within the city.
D. "Engine hour" refers to an hour, or any fraction
thereof, that a fire engine is out of the fire station on a call.
For the. purposes of this ordinance, engine hour shall be determined
by the senior fire department employee responding to said call and
shall be timed from the departure of the engine from the fire
station to its return.
3.16.030 Police Department Charges. The following charges
shall be collected by the police department, in the manner specified,
for the following described services,
A. Office services.
(1) Applicant fingerprinting $3.00 per person
(2) Bicycle license fees
(3) Copies of reports
B. Equipment use.
(1) Use of property engraver
(2) Use of automatic light
timer
C. Investigative
(1) Vehicle accident inves-
tigations occurring on
private property (when
no citation for traffic
crime is issued)
$1.00 per year
$10.00 for first
page, $5.00 for
each additional
page
$2.00 for two con-
secutive days use
by one-party
one week or less
$2..00; two weeks
$3.00; three weeks
$4.00; four weeks
$5.00
services.
$15.00 per inves-
tigation
(2) Investigation of bad $10.00 for first
check cases on request check, $3.00 for
of victim (where victim each additional
declines to prosecute check
or dismisses)
D. Response to alarms.
(1) Owner or employee first response
caused false alarm $1.0.00; second
response within
three months
$25.00; third
response within
six months $50.00;
Payable in advance
Payable in advance
Payable in advance
Payable in advance
Payable in advance
Payable in advance
of delivery of
report (no additional
charge for report)
Billed on conclusion
of service
Billable to user
following each
response
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fourth response
within one year
$100,00; each
additional response
within one year
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(2) False alarm caused by First response Billable to alarm
faulty installation $20,009 second company following
or defective equipment response within each response
three months
$50,009 third
response within
six months $100,00;
fourth and each
subsequent response
within one year
$250,00 each
E, Special duty police officers,
X10,00 per hour Payable to city
per man either in advance,
or upon billing,
at city's option
3m16,040 Fire Oepartment Chargesm The following charges
shall be collected by the fire department, in the manner specified,
for the following described services:
A. Office services.
(1) Copies of reports for X5.00 per printed Payable ih advance
insurance purposes page, $10,00
minimum
(2) Open burn permits X25,00, except for Payable in advance
senior citizens
or age 62, $6025
Ba Fire safety inspections and weed'~notices,
(1) Commercial-Industrial First inspection Payable on billing
fire safety inspections free; second
inspection if
problem uncorrected
~25a009 third n-
spection if problem
uncorrected $25,00
(2) Weed notices First notice free9
second notice if
problem. uncorrected
$25o00g third notice
if problem uncor-
rected $25>00
C. Alarms and responses.
(1) Water flow alarm
activation or heat
Payable on billing
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or smoke detector First alarm Billable to user
activation without $100.00; second
fire and without prior alarm within one
notice to fire depart- year $200.00;
ment third alarm within
one year $400.00;
fourth alarm
within one year
$500.00
(2) Activation of any First alarm Billable to alarm
type of alarm caused $100.00; second company
by incorrect instal- alarm within one
lation or maintenance, year $200.00;
without a fire and third alarm within
without prior notice one year $400.00;
fourth alarm
within one year
$500.00
D. Any response for any cause to non-taxed private property,
except that owned by persons or entities qualifying with the Internal
Revenue Service as non-profit organizations.
$200.00 per engine Payable by user on
hour; on medical billing
alarms, $30.00 per
non-transported
patient and $50.00
per transported
patient (regardless
of who provides
transportation)
E. Response to fires caused by stoves installed after
April 1, 1978 without permit.
$200.00 per engine Payable by user on
hour billing
3.16.050 Collection. In the event of a failure by any
user to pay for services rendered in accordance with the schedule
of fees and charges contained herein, the police or fire department
may refuse to provide the service requested or may request the
City Administrator to commence appropriate proceedings for collec-
tion of such fees or charges. These remedies shall be non-exclusive
and in addition to any other rights and. remedies available under law.
Section. 2. This ordinance being necessary for the
immediate preservation. of the public peace, health and safety of
the City of Central Point, Oregon, due to the commencement of the
1980-81 fiscal year and the need for the revenues set forth herein-
above for the operation of the police and fire departments of the
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city, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this ordinance
shall be in full force and effect immediately upon its passage..
Passed by the Council and signed by me in authentication
of its passage this '?4f3. day
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Citycoraer
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Approved by me this
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