[Ord. No. 2486, 2/21/2023]
Premises are defined as the property or area, including the
improvements thereon, to which service is or will be furnished, and
as used herein, shall be taken to designate 1) a building under one
roof, owned or leased by one customer, and occupied as one residence
or one place of business; or 2) a group or combination of buildings
owned by one customer, in one common enclosure, occupied by one family,
or one organization, corporation or firm, as a residence or place
of business or for manufacturing or industrial purposes, or as a hotel,
hospital, church, parochial school, or similar institution, except
as otherwise noted herein; or 3) the one side of a double house having
a solid vertical partition wall; or 4) each side or each part of a
house or building occupied by one family even though the closet and/or
other fixtures be used in common; or 5) each apartment, office of
suite of offices, and/or place of business located in a building or
group of buildings, even though such buildings in a group are interconnected
by a tunnel or passageway, covered areaway or patio, or by some similar
means or structure; or 6) a public building devoted entirely to public
use, such as a town hall, school house, or fire engine house; or 7)
a single lot or park or playground; or 8) each house in a row of houses;
or 9) each dwelling unit in a house or building, a dwelling unit being
defined as a building or portion thereof, regardless of exclusive
or common culinary facilities, designed for occupancy and use by one
person or one family (household); or 10) each individual and separate
place of business and/or occupancy located in one building or group
of buildings commonly designated as shopping centers, supermarket
areas, and by such other terms; or 11) each dwelling unit in a public
housing development.
[Ord. No. 2486, 2/21/2023]
Special emergency ambulance services fee is defined as a specified
uniform fee charged to each premises to which ambulance service and/or
emergency medical services is made available, and entitles occupants
of said premises to necessary 911 emergency transport, including the
provision of basic life support and advanced life support. It does
not include the cost of routine nonemergency medical transport, or
secondary emergency transport. Any premises paying said fee will not
be billed for the provision of service to said premises or any occupants
therein, but the ambulance service may bill any applicable third-party
provider for said service.
[Ord. No. 2486, 2/21/2023]
Any premises, or occupants therein, that are not current on
said fee shall be responsible for any and all costs associated with
the provision of said services as set forth herein, including the
amount of any invoices not paid by an applicable third party providers.
[Ord. No. 2486, 2/21/2023]
1. Each special emergency ambulance service fee imposed under this Subpart
shall be for ambulance service and emergency medical services provided
during the fiscal year of the ambulance provider of January 1 to December
31. The special emergency ambulance services fee is initially established
by this Subpart as follows:
Fee Schedule
|
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Residence/Business
|
Occupancy
|
Cost
|
Discount Price
|
Discount Date
|
Pay by Date
|
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Residential premises
|
N/A
|
$55
|
$49.50
|
June 1
|
August 31
|
Small business
|
1 to 25
|
$55
|
$49.50
|
June 1
|
August 31
|
Medium small business
|
25 to 100
|
$100
|
$90
|
June 1
|
August 31
|
Medium large business
|
100 to 300
|
$200
|
$180
|
June 1
|
August 31
|
Large business
|
Over 300
|
$500
|
$450
|
June 1
|
August 31
|
2. Said fee shall be paid at the discount rate prior to June 1, and
at the regular rate from June 1 through August 31. Late fees and fines
will begin to accrue after August 31.
3. Any modification of this fee shall be subject to prior approval of
all communities who have adopted this Subpart and are receiving services
from the authority.
[Ord. No. 2486, 2/21/2023]
Each premises, as defined herein, for which there is an occupancy
permit granted, and is in use, shall pay said special emergency ambulance
service fee. Said fee shall be paid in full no later than August 31
for the year in which billed.
[Ord. No. 2486, 2/21/2023]
1. The special emergency ambulance service fee shall be collected directly
by the Ross/West View Emergency Medical Service Authority, or its
agents, successors, or assigns. The actual title owner of an occupied
premises on which the fee is due, shall be responsible to pay said
fee within 30 days of the date due and owing. Otherwise, the title
owner of the premises, as well as the actual occupant, shall be liable
for legal interest, as well as subject to a lien on real property
for municipal services, and/or enforcement of this Subpart before
the Magisterial District Judge. It shall be the responsibility of
a landlord to distribute the fee to all of its tenants.
2. The failure to pay said fee on or before August 31, 2022, constitutes
an offense punishable by a civil penalty of up to $50 for each day
of violation, plus costs, including attorney's fees necessary
to enforce said ordinance. This shall be enforced directly by the
Ross/West View Emergency Medical Services Authority, or its agents,
successors, or assigns. Any civil penalties, interest, costs, or attorney's
fees collected as a result thereof, shall be paid to the Ross/West
View Emergency Medical Services Authority.