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Ordinance No. 2940
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND AMENDING THE
PORT TOWNSEND MUNICIPAL CODE, CHAPTER 5.90 AMBULANCES,
SECTION 5.90.010 DEFINITIONS, DEFINING TERMS FOR PURPOSES OF
CITY AMBULANCE SERVICE
WHEREAS, Chapter 5.90, Ambulance, Section 5.90.020 Applicability, provides
among other things for the provision of emergency medical service in the City by the fire
department, and
WHEREAS, the City and Fire District No.1 provided by Interlocal Agreement
effective January 1,2007 for the Joint Operation and Management of Fire Services; and
WHEREAS, the Council determines it appropriate and necessary to maintain the
limitation in Section 5.90.020 Applicability that provides, among other things, for the
provision of emergency medical service in the City by the fire department, to clarify that
this includes service provided by agreements such as the Interlocal Agreement with Fire
District No.1.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Port Townsend ordains as
follows:
SECTION I. Chapter 5.90, Ambulance, Section 5.90.010 Definitions of the Port
Townsend Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows (text in strikeout is deleted,
text in underline is added)
J. "Fire department" or "City" means the City department proYidino
response to fire and emerqency medical alarms in the City. and/or
another public entity proyidino such service in the City pursuant to
City contract or franchise.
SECTION 2. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance or its application to
any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the ordinance, or the
application of the provision to other persons or circumstances, is not affected.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in force five days after the date of its
publication in the manner provided by law.
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Adopted by the City Council of the City of Port Townsend, Washington, at a
regular meeting thereof, held this sixteenth day of January 2007.
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Mark Welch,
Attest:
Approved as to Form:
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John P. Watts, City Attorney
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