(A) It shall be unlawful for any person, with intent to defraud, to request or accept the service of any ambulance within the city, having no intention of paying for the service.
(B) Failure, by the person requesting or accepting the service of an ambulance, to pay to the person furnishing such service the customary charge therefor within 90 days after demand for payment is made, shall be prima facie evidence of intent to defraud and prima facie evidence that such person had no intention of paying for such services when the same were requested or accepted.
(C) Demand for payment, as used in this chapter, shall be written demand, sent by registered or certified mail addressed to the person requesting or accepting those services and to the address given by or on behalf of such person at the time the services were requested or accepted. Intent to defraud or intention not to pay for the services may be shown by direct evidence.
(Ord. 96-11, passed 10-15-1996) Penalty, see § 32.99