HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-30 - Amending Chapter 5.60 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code (Paramedic Service User Fees)ORDINANCE NO. 2015-30
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING
CHAPTER 5.60 OF THE NEWPORT BEACH MUNICIPAL
CODE (PARAMEDIC SERVICE USER FEES)
WHEREAS, The City of Newport Beach provides paramedic services throughout
the City; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 5.60 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code (Paramedic
Service User Fees) authorizes the City Council to establish reasonable fees and
charges to be paid by persons using the City's paramedic services; and
WHEREAS, The City Council desires to authorize the City Manager, or his/her
designee, to consider waiving all or a portion of the fee established by City Council for
the City's paramedic services based on circumstances that warrant consideration such
as financial hardship; and
WHEREAS, The City Council desires to have the City Manager, or his/her
designee, implement an administrative process for the application and consideration for
a waiver of all or a portion of the fees charged for paramedic services.
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach ordains as
follows:
Section 1: The City Manager, or his/her designee, is directed to establish and
implement an administrative application process for individuals requesting a waiver for
the fees established by resolution of the City Council pursuant to Section 5.60.020 of
the Newport Beach Municipal Code.
Section 2: Section 5.60.020 of the Newport Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
5.60.020 Fees Established—Resolution.
The City Council shall by resolution establish reasonable fees and
charges to be paid by persons using the City's paramedic field services.
Upon written application, the City Manager or his or her designee,
may waive all or part of the paramedic user fees referenced in this
chapter.
Ordinance No. 2015-30
Page 2 of 3
Section 3: The recitals provided in this ordinance are true and correct and are
incorporated into the substantive portion of this ordinance.
Section 4: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this
ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not
affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The
City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each section,
subsection, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more
sections, subsections, sentences, clauses and phrases be declared invalid or
unconstitutional.
Section 5: The City Council finds the approval of this ordinance is not subject
to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Section 15060(c)(2)
(the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change
in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section
15378) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3,
because it has no potential to have a significant effect on the environment.
Section 6: Except as expressly modified in this ordinance, all other Sections,
Subsections, terms, clauses and phrases set forth in the Newport Beach Municipal
Code shall remain unchanged and shall be in full force and effect.
Section 7: The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall attest to the passage
of this ordinance. The City Clerk shall cause the ordinance, or a summary thereof, to be
published once in the official newspaper of the City, and it shall be effective thirty (30)
days after its adoption.
This ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City
of Newport Beach held on the 22nd day of September, 2015, and adopted on the 13t
day of October, 2015, by the following vote, to -wit:
Ordinance No. 2015-30
Page 3 of 3
AYES, COUNCILMEMBERS Petros, Curry, Dixon
Selich
NOES, COUNCILMEMBERS Peotter, Duffield
Muldoon
ABSENT COUNCILMEMBERS
ha
ATTEST:
i/..J�t="��
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTO EY%S�OFFICE
\ 1 of
AARON C. HARP, CITY ATTORNEY
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, Leilani I. Brown, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that the
whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance
No. 2015-30 was duly and regularly introduced on the 22nd day of September, 2015, and adopted by the
City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 13th day of
October, 2015, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Member Petros, Council Member Curry, Mayor Pro Tem Dixon,
Mayor Selich
NAYS: Council Member Peotter, Council Member Duffield, Council Member Muldoon
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of
said City this 14th day of October, 2015.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE }
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
— '6a -'N'
City Clerk a
City of Newport Beach, California
(Seal)
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION
ss.
I, LEILANI I. BROWN, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that
Ordinance No. 2015-30 has been duly and regularly published according to law and the order of the City
Council of said City and that same was so published in The Daily Pilot, a newspaper of general circulation
on the following dates:
Introduced Ordinance: October 2, 2015
Adopted Ordinance: October 17, 2015
2015. In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this - day of
City Clerk
City of Newport Beach, California