[CC 1985 §6-602; Ord. No. 935, 12-23-1991]
A. 
Any person, in order to secure a license as herein required for the operation of an ambulance company, and before any such license shall be granted or issued, shall file with the Mulvane Emergency Services Department an application for such license on such form and containing such information as may be required, to assist with enforcement of the laws, including but without limitation the following:
1. 
The name of the applicant, or if a firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind, the names and addresses of persons owning a financial interest therein, the number and type of ambulances proposed to be operated by the applicant, the name of the liability insurance company to whom application has been made for liability coverage;
2. 
A complete description of each vehicle to be operated by the applicant, including the model, motor number, and State license number;
3. 
A copy of the proposed liability insurance policy as specified herein;
4. 
A list of the charges proposed to be made by the applicant for services rendered to the public in the event a license is issued hereunder.
[CC 1985 §6-603; Ord. No. 935, 12-23-1991]
Applications hereunder shall be accompanied by a license fee of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00). In the event said license is denied by the Governing Body, the license fee is to be refunded to the applicant.
[CC 1985 §6-604; Ord. No. 935, 12-23-1991]
All license fees paid by the applicant to the Mulvane Emergency Services Department at time of application for a license under the provisions of this Chapter shall be forwarded by the Mulvane Emergency Services Department to the License Collector upon approval of application.
[CC 1985 §6-605; Ord. No. 935, 12-23-1991]
Before any license shall be issued hereunder applicant shall file with the City Clerk, approved as to form and endorsement by the City Attorney, an insurance policy providing public liability coverage for the licensee in the operation of an ambulance company in the amount of one million dollars ($1,000,000.00).
[CC 1985 6-606; Ord. No. 935, 12-23-1991]
Upon the filing of the application as specified herein, the Mulvane Emergency Services Department shall set the time at which public hearing will be held by Mulvane Emergency Services Department upon such application with such notice thereof as the Mulvane Emergency Services Department may deem advisable and consistent with due process. Upon hearing, the Mulvane Emergency Services Department may recommend approval of such application and insuring agreement upon such conditions, terms and limitations as in their discretion may be deemed necessary and proper under the police power of the City, and shall specifically approve the rates to be charged by the licensee during the term of the license. At such hearing, which may be adjourned from time to time, the Mulvane Emergency Services Department shall hear testimony for and against both the question as to whether or not public convenience shall be promoted and public necessity would require such ambulance service and whether or not persons in lawful operation of ambulances operating under a certificate of convenience and necessity and a license issued under the provision of this Chapter, if any, are incapable of rendering services required to meet the needs of the public. If the Mulvane Emergency Services Department should find the public convenience will be promoted by the ambulance service and that persons in lawful operation of ambulances presently operating under a certificate of convenience and necessity and a license issued hereunder, if any, are incapable of rendering service required to meet the needs of the public a certificate of convenience and necessity shall be issued and the Mulvane Emergency Services Department shall recommend to the Governing Body that a license be issued. If the Mulvane Emergency Services Department finds that public convenience and necessity does not require the operation of additional ambulances in the City, a certificate of convenience and necessity and the license shall be denied and the applicant shall be entitled to apply for a refund of all or part of the license fees deposited with the License Collector and the insurance policies deposited with the City Clerk. Such denial may be appealed to the Governing Body. The licenses issued under the provisions of this Chapter shall become due on January first (1st) of each year and shall expire on December thirty-first (31st) of the year of their issue.
[CC 1985 §6-607; Ord. No. 935, 12-23-1991]
No person shall engage in the operation of any ambulance service nor shall any license be granted or issued to operate an ambulance company within the limits of the City until the Mulvane Emergency Services Department shall first find that public convenience will be promoted and public necessity requires such ambulance service under the terms and provisions of this Chapter.
[CC 1985 §6-608; Ord. No. 935, 12-23-1991]
It is unlawful for any person to engage in the operation of an ambulance service without having first obtained a license as herein provided. Violation of this Chapter shall be a Class B misdemeanor. For purposes of enforcement each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense.
[CC 1985 §6-609; Ord. No. 935, 12-23-1991]
A. 
Upon approval by the Governing Body of the recommendation of issuance of a license, by the Mulvane Emergency Services Department, a license shall be issued to a successful applicant by the Mulvane Emergency Service Department in the same manner and upon the terms of this Chapter, provided nothing herein contained shall prevent the Governing Body, upon due cause shown, from granting temporary permits on licenses to operate ambulances in the City for a limited and specified period of time, provided, such temporary or special permit or license may be revoked at any time by the Governing Body in its sole discretion.
B. 
Before the issuance of the license provided for in this Chapter, the applicant therefore shall pay to the Mulvane Emergency Services Department an annual license fee in the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each ambulance owned, operated or leased by the licensee.
[CC 1985 §6-612; Ord. No. 935, 12-23-1991]
To determine whether a certificate of public convenience and necessity shall be issued, the Mulvane Emergency Services Department shall take into consideration that the systems of transportation are rendering the service required to meet the needs of the public and whether persons in lawful operation of ambulances operating under a certificate and a license issued under the provisions of this Chapter are capable of rendering service required to meet the needs of the public, the financial responsibility of the applicant, and all other facts which are necessary to determine whether public convenience and necessity requires the operation of additional ambulance service within the corporate limits of the City.
[CC 1985 §6-613; Ord. No. 935, 12-23-1991]
A. 
The Mulvane Emergency Services Department upon five days notice of hearing may suspend or revoke any license or certificate of convenience and necessity issued under the provisions of this Chapter if the licensee has failed or neglected to comply with any of the terms of this Chapter. The Mulvane Emergency Services Department may continue said hearing as in their discretion may be advisable to allow the licensee to comply with applicable City Code provisions. Notice shall be served upon an agent, officer or representative of licensee personally or by certified mail return, receipt requested.
B. 
The failure of any licensee to pay any judgment against it within ten (10) days after such judgment becomes final, and which is not superseded by a proper bond on appeal, shall be grounds for the cancellation of license(s) issued to any such licensee hereunder.
C. 
The cancellation, withdrawal, or other termination of any insurance policy or other type of assuring agreement, or failure to maintain the same in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter shall automatically terminate the use of any ambulance covered by such insurance policy. Such termination shall constitute notice to licensee.
D. 
Any licensee who knowingly operates its business in such a manner as to favor or give advantage to any person within the City shall be subject to having its license and certificate of convenience and necessity suspended or revoked.
E. 
Any licensee who fails to render good service to the public after ten days' notice from the Mulvane Emergency Services Department of the failure to render good service to the public shall be subject to having its license and certificate of convenience and necessity suspended or revoked as herein provided.
F. 
Any decision by the Mulvane Emergency Services Department to suspend or revoke a license or certificate for failure to comply with this Chapter may be appealed by the licensee, in writing, within five (5) days, to the Governing Body.
[CC 1985 §6-614; Ord. No. 935, 12-23-1991]
A. 
Each ambulance operator or company licensed under this Chapter shall maintain written records of its activities, including any and all complaints relating to service and charges, and such records shall reflect the action taken on such complaints; further such records shall be subject to inspection by the Governing Body of the City or its duly designated supervisory agency. The Mulvane Emergency Services Director shall be entitled to review and receive copies of any such complaints during regular business hours upon verbal request.
B. 
The licensee shall use due diligence in supervising the activities of the dispatchers, drivers, emergency medical technicians, and other company personnel to insure full compliance with the City Code and to maintain reasonable standards of service to the public.
C. 
Licensees, supervisors, drivers, dispatchers, emergency medical technicians and other ambulance company personnel shall fully cooperate at all times with the supervisory official charged with the responsibility of insuring the maintenance of a high level of ambulance service for the public.