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AN ORDINANCE REGARDING FIRE AND AMBULANCE
SERVICES IN THE CITY OF EUGENE; AMENDING
SECTION 2.625 OF THE EUGENE CGDE, 1971;
REPEALING SECTLONS 2.605, 2.610, 2,615 AND
2.620 OF THAT CODE; ADDING A NE~iI~ SECmION
2,644 T4 THAT CODE; AND DECLARING AN EMER-
GENCY.
THE CITY DF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLO~`S:
Section 1,. Thexe is hereby added to the Eugene Code, 1971,
a new section to be numbered and provide:
2.604 Fire and Ambulance Services.
~1~. The city shall provide fire suppression and fire
prevention and may provide ambulance services. The scope of
these services .inside a,nd outside the city limits are to be
established annually by the adopted budget of the city and or-
ganized as directed by the city manager.
X23 Employes in position classifications determined
by the city manager shall ha~re authority to act as a city
police officer for purposes, of fire suppression and fire pre-
vention,
Section 2. Section 2.625 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is hereby
amended to provide:
2.625 Fire Suppression & Pre~yention Services outside City
Limits.
~[1~. A person residing outside the city or afire dis-
trict desiring dire suppression or fire prevention services
for the protection of his property shall make an application
to the finance officer on forms provided, and if the applica-
tion is approved, shall pay to the finance officer a sum of
money as the council shall establish for the service.
~2~ The services provided under the preceding sub-
section shall be secondary to the protection of pro ert
p y
within the city. Except as shah, be deemed safe by the city
manager or his designate, city equipment and employes shall
not be requ%red to, go to -fires outside the city.
Section. 3. Sections 2.605, 2.610, 2.615 and 2.620 of the
Eugene Code, 1971, are hereby repealed.
Section 4. That the matters contained herein concern the public
welfare and safety and therefore, an emergency is hereby declared to
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exist, and the provisions of this Ordinance shall become effective
immediately upon its passage by the City Counc~.l and approval by the
Mayor.
Passed by the City Council this
7th day of D znber, l9 ~0
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,~ppxoved by the Mayor this
z ay of Decembe 1980
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