Sec. 2-238. Emergency medical response.
(a) The emergency services contractor authorized to operate within the City by virtue of an executed contract with the City, shall have the exclusive right and privilege to provide all emergency ambulance service in the City. It shall be unlawful for any other person, firm, or corporation to provide emergency medical service within the corporate limits of the City. For purposes of this section the term "emergency" means any actual or self-perceived event which threatens life, limb or the well-being of an individual in such a manner that a need for immediate medical care is created or an event that requires emergent or unscheduled medical attention. Any response requiring the use of lights and/or sirens shall be considered emergency service.
(b) It shall be a defense to any alleged violation of this section that the vehicle is being used solely in any of the following manners:
(1) Any critical care transport unit rendering interhospital transport.
(2) Any alternative emergency ambulance response accessed by the City in the event of a major catastrophe or extreme system overload.
(3) Any transport to a location within the City, which transport originated from a point outside the City.
(4) Any transport passing through the City, which originated from a point outside the city and the destination point is outside the City.
(5) Mutual aid calls when rendered pursuant to a mutual aid agreement approved by the fire chief. (Ord. No. 2003-14, § 1, 4-28-2003)