[Ord. No. 59 §1, 5-4-1981; Ord. No. 485 §1, 7-3-1995]
No person, other than members of the City's Fire Department or Public Works Department in the discharge of their official duties, shall use, access or tamper with any fire hydrant of the City. Any person violating the provisions of this Section shall be guilty of tampering with a public utility as set forth in Section
225.100 of the City Code.
[Ord. No. 59 §2, 5-4-1981; Ord. No. 717 §2, 3-17-2003; Ord. No. 860 §4, 8-17-2009]
In addition to paying for water usage fee for the use of a fire
hydrant, the applicant, for the use of the fire hydrant, shall pay
the City a permit fee in the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) to
cover its clerical expense. In addition, the applicant shall pay the
City the cost of having a public works employee supervise the private
use of the fire hydrant based upon the City's actual cost for labor
and equipment. All permitted use of the fire hydrant must be supervised
by an authorized member of the Public Works Department, who shall
be the only person authorized to open and close the fire hydrant and
remove apparatus from the site. A permit to use a City fire hydrant
shall be affective for only one (1) day and each day of use shall
require a separate permit.
[Ord. No. 860 §5, 8-17-2009; Ord. No. 1129, 7-16-2018]
A. In
the event the Fire Department is called to respond to a motor vehicle
crash, fire or potential fire not involving a mutual-aid call for
emergency medical services, the City shall collect the sum of five
hundred dollars ($500.00) for responding to the motor vehicle crash,
fire or potential fire, which shall be assessed to the owner's motor
vehicle insurance or the owner of the motor vehicle.
B. In
the event the Fire Department is called to respond to a building fire
within City limits (whether residential, commercial or industrial),
not involving a mutual aid call for emergency medical services, the
City shall collect the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00)
for responding to the fire, which shall be assessed against the insurance
covering the building, but not to exceed the amount of coverage provided
under the policy.