(A) The Fire Department, Fire Chief and members of the Fire Department shall have the authority to prevent and extinguish the fires occurring outside the corporate limits of the city, the authority to respond to the request for assistance in the prevention and extinguishment of fires from the fire departments of neighboring communities and the authority to engage in rescue operations occurring outside the corporate limits of the city.
(B) (1) The Fire Chief and Commissioner of Public Health and Safety shall be authorized to assess and collect subscription fees for fire protection by written agreement with any and all property owners of lands outside the city with the advice and consent of the City Council.
(2) The amount of the fees and terms of such agreements shall be reviewed and revised, if necessary, from time to time by resolution of the City Council.
(C) If no subscription agreement exists pursuant to the terms of division (B) above, and the Fire Department provides services to prevent or extinguish fires to premises outside the corporate limits of the city, the owner of the premises shall pay to the city an initial call-out fee of $2,000 and additional fees in the sum of $250 per quarter-hour, or portion thereof, for which services are required.
(D) Whenever the Fire Department provides services necessary to prevent or extinguish fires or engages in rescue operations within the corporate limits of the city to a non-resident owner of a motor vehicle the party receiving benefit of the services shall be jointly and severally responsible for the payment to the city in the initial call out fee for $2,000 and additional fees of $250 per quarter-hour, or portion thereof, for which services are required; provided that, no subscription agreement exists with said owner.
(E) Whenever the Fire Department engages in rescue operations outside the corporate limits of the city, the owner of the motor vehicle and the party receiving the benefit of the services shall be jointly and severally responsible for payment to the city in the initial call-out fee of $2,000 and additional fees in the sum of $250 per quarter-hour, or portion thereof, for which services are required; provided that, no subscription agreement exists with said owner.
(1994 Code, § 34.09) (Ord. 371, passed 4-25-1988; Ord. 403, passed 6-10-1991; Ord. 441, passed 12-27-1993; Ord. 95-13, passed 7-10-1995; Ord. 07-08, passed 11-26-2007; Ord. 11-03, passed 7-11-2011)