0101 OROINANCE N0.
AN ORDINNCS PROVIDING FOR THE FURNMHING OF Fl v;
FIGHTING FACILITIES OF THE CITY OF JACESONVILtJv FOR
THE PROTECTION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY WCATE7) OUTSIDE
OF THIS CITY LIMITS; PROVIDING REGULATIONS UNDER
WHICH SAID FIRE FIGHTING FACILITIES WILL BE USED
PROVIDING FOR A SCHEDULE OF CHARGES FOR SUCH PRO-
TECTION; AND FOR OTTER PURPOSES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF TEE CITY OF JACHSONVIISA, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. From and after the passage and approval of this ordinance
any person, firm or corporation sdithin a radius of five (5) highway miles
of any firs station of the City of Jacksonville, Arkansas, is granted the
privilege of applying to the City Cowucil for limited fire fighting equipment
protection. The City Council may at its discretion approve or reject any
such application.
If the City Council approves an application, the fire fighting facili-
ties of the City of Jacksonville shall then be available to such applicant,
but shall be available only upon the relieving conditions:
1. An agreement shall be signed by the applicant, which agreement shall
state that the City of Jacksonville agrees to furnish only limited fire
fighting equipment, and the applicant shall agree that any portion or 411
of this equipment. may be recalled at any time by the City when, in the
judgement of the Chief of the Fire Department, such equipment is necessary
for fire protection within the City of Jacksonville. Said agreement shall
further provide that the City does not undertake to guarantee any fire fight-
i.ng results, and offers only such reasonable equipment as is consistent with
conditions prevailing at the time, and the applicant shall agree that no
claims of any time or nature obeli ever be made against the City resulting
from the use and/or operation of the equipment.
2. The applicant shall pay in advance to the City Collector an annual
ready to serve fee bused on the assessed evaluation of the property
covered by each application as is reflected by the county tax records
according to the following schedule of rates:
APPRASSED PROPERTY EVALUATION RATE
0 to °.25,000.00 $25.00
Each additional $25,O00.00 or
fraction thereof $25.00
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3. The sole purpose of this ordinance is offer service to separate
properties of subject to fire damage, and the grouping of one or more
properties shall not be allowed for the purpose of thin ordinance.
4. In addition to the above fee the applicant skull pay a nauage fee of
Twenty -Fine Dollars ($25.00) per hour or fraction thereof for each fire
fighting company Which responds to an alarm on the premises of the appli-
cant, whether the alarm is false or comes as a result of a fire. Only one
fire fighting company shan respond to an alarm an the premises of any
applicant unless the applicant or its or his agent requests additional com-
panies. The City shall not be bound to dispatch any equipment unless the
equipment is available and is not needed at the time for fighting fire
within the City Limits.
5. Failure of the applicant to pay any fee set out in this ordinance within
ton days after receiving due notice from the City Collector shall void all
agreements between the applicant and the City.
SECTION 2. It is not the intent of the ordinance to cancel or void any
Mutual Aid Program now in effect.
SECTION 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed, and this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after its passage and approval.
PASSZDs (e I}L
APPROVED'
ATTEST: