[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Directors
of the Town of Manchester as Secs. 6-1 to 6-8 of the 1996 Code. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Emergency Medical Services Council — See
Ch. 33.
Firemen included in survivor's benefit fund — See Ch. 70.
Fire limits established — See Ch. 129.
Parking in a fire lane — See Ch. 307.
CHARTER REFERENCES
Authority to provide for Fire Department — See
§§ 1-3(11) and 10-12.
Special taxing district — See
§ 5-28.
STATUTORY REFERENCES
Authority to provide for fire protection — See
C.G.S. § 7-148(c)(4)(B).
Fire departments — See C.G.S.
§ 7-301 et seq.
[Amended 10-2-2018]
The Town, as authorized by the Charter, hereby establishes a Town Fire Department. The Town Fire Department shall be known as "Manchester Fire-Rescue-EMS" from the effective date of this amendment to the Code of Ordinances. Any references to the Town Fire Department or Fire Department in Chapter 42 of the Code of Ordinances shall mean Manchester Fire-Rescue-EMS.
The powers and duties of the Fire Department
shall extend to all portions of the Town not included within the limits
of any fire district.
A.
As authorized by the Charter for the Town, that portion
of the Town now within the boundaries of the South Manchester Fire
District is included within the jurisdiction of the Town Fire Department.
B.
All the powers, duties, assets, liabilities and obligations
of the South Manchester Fire District are hereby transferred from
such district to the Town, and such district shall cease to exist.
A.
As authorized by the Charter for the Town, that portion
of the Town as is within the boundaries of the Eighth School District,
insofar as it relates to fire protection, is included within the jurisdiction
of the Town Fire Department.
B.
All the powers, duties, assets, liabilities and obligations
of the Eighth Utilities District, insofar as they relate to fire protection,
are hereby transferred from the district to the Town, and the district,
insofar as it relates to fire protection, shall cease to exist.
C.
This section shall be effective on the first day of
the third month after the Eighth Utilities District, in a meeting
duly called for that purpose, shall have voted to accept the provisions
of this section.
A.
The Town, as authorized by § 10-11 of the Charter for the Town, hereby assumes all of the jurisdiction, powers, duties, assets, liabilities and obligations of the Eighth Utilities District which do not relate to fire protection or the maintenance of a Fire Department, and such district, insofar as its functions other than fire protection and maintenance of a Fire Department may be concerned, shall cease to exist on the effective date of this section.
B.
This section shall be effective on the first day of
the third month after the Eighth Utilities District, in a meeting
duly called for that purpose, shall have voted to accept its provisions.
In accordance with the provisions of the Charter,[1] there is hereby established a special taxing district
for the purpose of defraying the cost of maintaining and operating
the Town Fire Department, the outer limits of such special taxing
district to be the same as the boundaries of the Town and the inner
limits of such special taxing district to be the same as the boundaries
of the Eighth Utilities District.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Charter § 5-28.
Any property tax levied by the Town for the purpose of defraying the cost of maintaining and operating the Town Fire Department shall be levied solely on property within the special taxing district created by § 42-6 and excluding therefrom property within the boundaries of the Eighth Utilities District.
The minimum value of the Buckland Fire Station
No. 5 is hereby established to be a minimum of $600,000. This value
shall remain in effect until July 1, 1986, at which time the Town
may establish a new value. The Buckland Fire Station No. 5 shall not
be sold for a value less than set forth herein.
