HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 79-24 ORDINANCE NO.
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
BEAUMONT BY AMENDING THE ORDINANCE
WHICH REGULATES THE OPERATION OF
AMBULANCES IN THE CI'T'Y OF BEAUMONT
BY EXEMPTING FROM SAID ORDINANCE
CERTAIN AMBULANCES; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL;
PROVIDING A PENALTY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1.
That ordinance 78-2 of the Ordinances of the City
of Beaumont which said ordinance regulates the operation of
ambulances in the City of Beaumont be amended so that Section
4-2 of such ordinance reads as follows:
Section 4-2: Operating Ambulance Without a Permit
No person shall drive or operate an
ambulance for the purpose of transporting
the sick or injured for hire upon the
public streets of the City of Beaumont
unless there is attached to the windshield
of such ambulance a valid ambulance permit
issued for such ambulance by the health
authority. There shall be exempted from
the provisions of the permit and license
requirements of this chapter those ambu-
lances who transport persons from a location
outside the City of Beaumont into the City
of Beaumont; those ambulances who pick up a
person inside the City of Beaumont and trans-
port said person outside the City of Beaumont;
and those ambulances who transport persons
only through the City of Beaumont.
Section 2.
That if any section , subsection, sentence, clause or
phrase of this ordinance, or the application of same to a par-
ticular set of persons or circumstances, should for any reason
be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the
remaining portions of this ordinance, and to such end the
various portions and provisions of this ordinance are declared
to be severable.
Section 3.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are repealed to the extent of the conflict only.
Section 4.
Any person who violates any provision of this
ordinance shall, upon conviction, be punished as provided in
Section 1-8 of the Code of Ordinances of Beaumont, Texas.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont
this the day o f 1979.
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