(a) The City is authorized to enter into contracts to render services in the prevention and extinguishment of fires upon property located within three (3) air miles of the corporate limits of said City.
(b) Any contract entered into under the authority of this section shall require the property owner of such property to pay the City an annual payment equal to the amount of fire service fee which would be imposed if the subject property were located within the City plus an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the annual tax levied for current municipal purposes upon property within the City with like assessed valuation to the subject property.
(c) The amount payable under any contract shall be due and payable on or before the 1st day of October of each year. If any payment is in default for a period of more than thirty (30) days, such amount shall bear interest at a rate equal to three-fourths of one percent (3/4 of 1 %) per month and shall be a lien on the subject property and a notice of lien shall be recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Nicholas County.
(d) Any property owner may cancel any contract with respect to any property of such owner upon giving a thirty (30) day written notice to the City, if the owner is not in default with respect to any annual payment; provided that if such notice is given subsequent to July 1st of any year, the next succeeding annual payment shall be made by the property owner as soon as the amount thereof is ascertainable.
(e) No contract entered into under the authority of this section shall operate to impose any greater obligation of liability upon the City than that with respect to property within the corporate limits.
(f) In the event the Fire Department responds to any fire on property outside the corporate limits of the City, and the owner of such property has not entered into the contract and paid the annual payments provided herein, such property owner shall be liable to the City for the rates and charges for the use of the personnel and equipment of the Fire Department as may be established from time to time by the Fire Chief. The Fire Chief shall cause a copy of such rates and charges to be filed in the Office of the City Recorder and such rates and charges shall be available for inspection and copying during regular business hours of the City.
(Ord. 10-12-93.)