The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the operation of any vehicle used for the limited purpose of delivering passengers or patients within the city from some point outside the city, to any ambulance picking up a patient within the city when such ambulance operator shall have been informed by the person requesting such service that no certificate holder hereunder is willing or able to render such service and the Police Department of the city is then notified that such pickup shall be made, or to any ambulance when such services shall have been summoned or requested by any police, fire, or civilian defense authority.
('61 Code, § 4-7.02) (Ord. 144 C.S., passed 3-18-70; Am. Ord. 402 C.S., passed 1-20-83; Am. Ord. 414 C.S., passed 8-1-83)