(A) Fire protection service shall be continued, maintained and improved by the city, in part, at the charge and expense of the owners of buildings and structures of every kind and nature within the municipal corporate limits and outside the municipal corporate limits within the Fire Service District (First Due Area) of the City Fire Department as designated by the State Commission and State Fire Marshal, which owners are declared to be the users and beneficiaries of such fire services as contemplated by W.Va. Code § 8-13-13.
(B) The charges and expenses with respect to each of such users as set out in this subchapter shall be based and imposed, in part, upon recognition of the following legislative findings. The size of a nonresidential structure and a multiple-family residential unit structure, as reflected by the total square feet, is a factor which affects the cost of providing fire protection and, therefore, the fees imposed hereunder are related in part to the size of the building.
(Ord. 178, passed 6-19-2014)