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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