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HomeMy WebLinkAbout9964'p6 ORDINANCE ITO. 9964 y W ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE FURNISHING OF THE FIRE FIGHTING ,A-` G! ITIES OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK FOR THE PROTECTION OF PROP - R7' LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS; SETTING UP REGULATIONS UNDER WHICH SAID FIRE FIGHTING FACILITIES I-TILL BE USED; PROVIDING FOR A SCHEDULE OF CHARGES FOR SUCH PROTECTION; AND FOR OTHER PUR- POSES. BE IT ORDAINED BY TIM CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LIT^1LE ROCK, ARKANSAS: SECTION 1. From and after the passage and approval of this Ordinance any person, firm or corporation within a radius of one and one -half (12) miles of the corporate limits of the City of Lit- tle Rock is granted the privilege of applying to the City Council for limited fire fighting equipment protection. City Council may at its discretion approve or reject any such application. If the City Council approves an application, the fire fighting facilities of the City of Little Rock shall then be available to such applicant, but they shall be available only upon the following conditions: (1) An agreement shall be signed by the applicant which agree- meat shall state that the City of Little Rock agrees to furnish only limited fire fighting equipment, and the applicant shall agree that any portion or all of this equipment may be recalled at any time by the City when, in the judgment of the Chief of the Fire Department, that such equipment is necessary for fire protection within the City of Little Rock. Said agreement shall further provide that the City does not undertake to guarantee any fire fighting results, and of- fers only such reasonable equipment as is consistent with conditions prevailing at the time, and the applicant shall agree that no claims of any kind or nature shall ever. be made against the City on any, claim which might arise from the use and /or operation of the equip- ment. (2) The applicant shall furnish to the City Collector a per- formance bond-from any reputable bonding company approved by the City Collector in an amount not less than One Thousand (41,000.00) Dollars which is to guarantee payment of services requested by ap- plicant according to the provisions of this ordinance. V -2- (3) The applicant shall pay in advance to the City Collector an annual ready to serve fee of One hundred 0100.00) Dollars where the value of the property of the applicant is Twenty -five Thousand ($25,000.00) Dollars or less; an additional fee of Twenty-five (625.00) Dollars shall be charged for each Twenty -five Thousand (1'1,25,000.00) Dollars value or fraction thereof; value as determined by the-City Collector and Chief of the Fire Department. (4) The-sole purpose of this Ordinance is to offer service to separate values subject to fire damage, and the grouping of one or more properties shall not be.allowed for the purpose of this Ordinance. (5) In addition to the above fee, the applicant shall pay a usage fee of Fifty (F;50.00 ) Dollars per hour or fraction thereof for each fire fighting company which responds to an alarm on the premises of the applicant, whether the alarm is false or comes as a result of a fire. Only one fire fighting company shall respond to an alarm on the premises of any applicant unless the duly authorized agent of the applicant requests additional companies. The City shall not be bound to dispatch any equipment unless the equipment is available and is not needed at the time for fighting fire within the City limits. (6) Failure of the applicant to pay any fee set out in this Ordinance within ten days after receiving due notice from the City Collector shall void all agreements between the applicant and the City. SECTION 2. 1,- HEREAS, the City of Little Rock is willing to furnish fire fighting services to persons living outside the City, I when the City can consistently do so, and said property owners are desirous of effecting an arrangement of kind, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this Ordinance is found to be necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety and the same shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval. PASSED: November 219 1955 ATTEST: APPROVED: City Clerk Mayor