HomeMy Public PortalAbout1998-18 Fire Service and ProtectionORDINANCE NUMBER 1998-
AN ORDINANCE REGARDING FIRE SERVICE AND PROTECTION
® Whereas, the City of Greencastle. Indiana ( "City") provides fire service and protection ( "Fire Service ") in and
around the City's corporate boundaries to residential. cotmnercial, governmental, and L1011- profit properties and
entities.
Whereas, the City's taxpayers provide the bulk of the financial resources necessary to defray the continuing costs
of the Fire Service,
Whereas, an undo financial burden would be unposed upon We City's taxpayers if non- taxpaying entities failed to
provide fu ancial resources to defray the ongoing costs of providing Fire Service to theut.
Whereas, the City's Common Council has determined that non - taxpaying. non -tax financed entities should pay a
user fee or other charge for Fire Service provided to them in order to defray the financial burden currently being
shouldered solely by the City's taxpayers.
Now, Therefore, The Common Council of the City of Greencastle, Indiana, Ordains and Enacts the
Following:
1) Establishment of Fee by Common Council: The City's Common Council determine the user fee or other
payment mechanism ("Fcc ") to be charged to and paid by non - taxpaying, non -tax financed entities that receive Fin'
Scrvicc from the City at One Thousand dollars ( $1,000.00 ) per emergency response.
2) Application, Imposition, and Collection of Fee Delegated to Board of Works: The application.
imposition, and collection of the Fee will be administered be the Board of Works. which is granted the discretion to
prospectively or retroactively wave or adjust We Fee in cases of undue hardship or other just cause.
3) Appeal to Board of Works and Common Council: Non - taxpaying, non -tax financed entities may
appeal the application, imposition, or collection of the Fee as follows:
a) Appear in person or by a duly authorised rcprescntativc at a regularly schcdufcd BOU O of Works
meeting within thirty days of rccciving notice of the imposition of the Fcc to show whN an undue hardship or other
just cause exists to reduce or naive the Fee. The Board of Works ma in its discretion, reduce, tNaiyc, or othcrn isc
adjust the application or collection of the Fee in response to the emity's rcqucst.
b) If the Board ol' Works' response to the entity's request is unacceptable to the cntity, a did k
authorized rcprescntativc of [lie entity may appear at a regularly scheduled Common Council nscling %61hin thirt
days of verbally or othcnyisc rccciving the Board of Works' response to its rcqucst, to sho,y why an undue hardship
or otherjust cause exists to reduce or waive the Fee. The Common Council mar, in its discretion, reduce. tyaice.
or othcnyisc adjust the application of the Fee to the rnut) or its collection. The decision of the Common Council is
final as to the request.
Adopted and passed by the Conmton Council of Greencastle. Indiana, this _ day of _
1998.
Thomas W. Roach
Kiclh N. Green
Mark N. Hammer
Barry Baynard
David Masten