It shall be unlawful to operate an ambulance unless it is permitted by the city where the ambulance picks up and drops off a patient in the territorial limits of the city.
(2001 Code, sec. 42-71; Ordinance 37-2011, sec. 1(42-30), adopted 8/2/11)
(a) 
The franchise holder shall obtain an ambulance permit for each ambulance utilized in his ambulance service, indicating the ambulance’s authority to operate, which shall show thereon the date of expiration of the permit for the ambulance. An ambulance permit must be attached to the left rear window of the ambulance in a manner approved by the director. The franchise holder must pay a permit fee for each ambulance permit he obtains from the director.
(b) 
A person commits an offense if he:
(1) 
Attaches an ambulance permit to a vehicle not authorized to operate as an ambulance;
(2) 
Forges, alters, or counterfeits an ambulance permit required by this section;
(3) 
Possesses a forged, altered, or counterfeited ambulance permit required by this section;
(4) 
Displays more than one ambulance permit issued by the city on a vehicle at the same time; or
(5) 
Attaches an ambulance permit to an ambulance to which it was not issued.
(c) 
An ambulance permit assigned to one ambulance is not transferable to another ambulance.
(2001 Code, sec. 42-72; Ordinance 37-2011, sec. 1(42-31), adopted 8/2/11)