HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 01-022 ORDINANCE NO. 01-022
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE II,
SECTION 2-27, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
BEAUMONT TO REMOVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CIVIL DEFENSE AND EMERGENCY
MEDICAL SERVICES FUNCTIONS OF THE CITY; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR REPEAL.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1.
That Chapter 2, Article II, Section 2-27, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Beaumont to remove the Fire Department's responsibility for the Civil Defense and
Emergency Medical Services functions of the City and the same is hereby amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 2-27. Fire department; established; chief, functions.
There is hereby established the fire department, the director of which shall
be the fire chief. The fire department shall be responsible for the sole
command of fires and all persons within the vicinity of fires; for taking proper
measures to extinguish fires; for the protection of property from fires; for the
preservation of order and observance of laws, ordinances and regulations
relating to fires and the prevention of same; and the inspection of oil and gas
installations. The fire department shall perform such other duties and
functions as may be delegated to it from time to time by the fire chief or the
city manager.
Section 2.
That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance, or the
application of same to a particular 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All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed to the extent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.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the 20th day of
March, 2001.
- Mayor- Pro Tem
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