2256ORDINANCE NO. 2256
COUNCIL MEMBER KEPHART INTRODUCED THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE:
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF BLAIR,
NEBRASKA, CHAPTER 5, ARTICLE 3 OPERATOR AND VEHICLE QUALIFICATIONS
BY ADDING SECTION 5 -311 OPERATION OF EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICE
UNLAWFUL; PENALTY; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES
IN CONFLICT HEREWITH AND PROVIDING WHEN THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE IN
FULL FORCE AND EFFECT.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BLAK NEBRASKA:
SECTION 1. Section 5 -311 of the Municipal Code of the City of Blair, Nebraska is hereby
added as follows, to wit:
Sec. 5 -311 OPERATION OF EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICE UNLAWFUL;
PENALTY. It shall be unlawful for any person who is not employed by or authorized by the
City of Blair or an authorized member of the Blair Volunteer Fire Department/Rescue Squad to
operate, drive, or cause to be operated or driven any ambulance on the streets of the city for the
purpose of furnishing emergency ambulance service, or to furnish or attempt to furnish
emergency ambulance service within the City of Blair. Any person convicted hereunder shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a maximum $500.00 fine for each such
conviction. Each transport or incident in which emergency ambulance service is unlawfully
provided or attempted to be provided shall constitute a separate and distinct offense and shall be
punishable as such. Transport of a patient from a healthcare or specialized treatment facility to
another healthcare or specialized treatment facility by an emergency ambulance service
otherwise unauthorized herein shall not be prosecuted under this section.
SECTION 2. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby
repealed.
SECTION 3. That this ordinance shall be in force and take effect from and after its passage,
approval and publication as provided by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 22 DAY OF OCTOBER, 2013.
CITY OF BLAIR, NEBRASKA
By':;�\ L.--.. r t
J4AO E. REALPH, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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BRENDA R. WfIEELER, CITV CLERK
(SEAL)
STATE OF NEBRASKA )
) ss:
WASHINGTON COUNTY )
BRENDA R. WHEELER hereby certifies that she is the duly appointed, qualified and acting
City Clerk of the City of Blair, Nebraska, and that the above and foregoing ordinance was passed
at a regular meeting of the Mayor and City Council of said City held on the 22nd day of
October, 2013.
BRENDA R. WHEELER, CITY CLERK