[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.
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Editor's Note — Ord. no. 860 §5, adopted August 17, 2009, repealed section 205.150 "permit" in its entirety. Former section 205.150 derived from ord. no. 59 §3, 5-4-1981. At the same time ord. no. 860 §5 enacted the new provisions set out above.