§ 5-1. Definitions.

For the purpose of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:

Auxiliary ambulance means any motor vehicle constructed, equipped and used for transferring the injured, sick or deceased under circumstances which do not constitute an emergency and which have not been represented as an emergency, or which does provide emergency ambulance service to a participant, spectator or other person present on the premises where a special event is being held.

Emergency means any circumstances that calls for immediate action and in which the element of time in transporting the sick, wounded or injured for medical treatment is essential to the health or life of the person. Such circumstances include, but are not limited to, accidents generally, traffic accidents, and acts of violence resulting in personal injury, and sudden illnesses.

Nonresident means a person who, at the time he or she is transported by emergency ambulance to a hospital, states, or for whom a responsible person states, that he or she does not live in Irving, Texas, or for whom no address is ascertainable.

Person, as used in this article, shall include both singular and plural and shall mean and embrace any individual, firm, corporation, association or partnership.

Resident means any person who, at the time he or she is transported by emergency ambulance to a hospital, states, or about whom a responsible person states, that he or she lives in Irving, Texas.

Special event means:

(1)

Any gathering of people which is required by federal or state law to have an emergency ambulance standing by on the premises where the event is being held; or

(2)

Any gathering of people which is required by the regulations of a public or semi-public organization such as but not limited to the National Football League, the National Collegiate Athletic Association or the University Interscholastic League to have an emergency ambulance standing by on the premises where the event is being held; or

(3)

Any concert, festival, theatrical performance, or athletic event at which more than five thousand (5,000) people are reasonably expected to gather or do gather to observe the event in person.

(Ord. No. 3611, § 1, 2-19-81; Ord. No. 7379, § 1, 12-17-98; Ord. No. 7713, § 2, 9-28-00)