HomeMy WebLinkAbout1956-017 Council OrdinancesORDINANCE NO. 17
THE VILLAGE OF LINO LAKES
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO PREVENTION OF FIRES AND PROVIDING A
SERVICE CHARGE FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLS
WHEREAS, The village council of Lino Lakes, Minnesota, has
entered into contracts with the villages of Lexington and
Centerville for furnishing their fire equipment and personnel
for the purpose of extinguishing fires within the village of
Lino Lakes, at stipulated rates, to be paid by the village of
Lino Lakes to said v i li ages of Lexington or Centerville or
both for use of such equipment and personnel: and
WHEREAS, The village council deems it in the public interest
to prevent, control and extinguish fires; and
WHEREAS, The village council deems it in the public's interest
that provision be made authorizing the fire departments of the
vi I I ages of Lexington or Centerville or both to enter upon
private property within the vi I lage of Lino Lakes for the
purpose of extinguishing fires and obligating owners of
property within the vi l lage of Lino Lakes to pay the service
charges of said vi l l ages of Lexington or Centerville or
both in case of such fire;
THEREFOR, The village of Lino Lakes, Minnesota does ordain:
SECTION 1. The office-s end employees and any members
of the volunteer fire depertro nts of the villages of Lexington
or Centervi I le are hereby authori _^,d to corer upon private
property within the vi I lace of Lin Lakes for the purpose
of extinguishing any fire :n response to call.
SECTION 2. In the event that the fire departments of the
villages of Lexington and Centerville or both shall respond
to a call to extinguish a fire within the village of Lino
Lakes and the village of Lino Lakes shall become liable to the
vi I lages of Lexington or Centervi Ile or both for any service
charge under its existing contracts with t;-e vi Ilage of
Lexington or the village of Centerville, then the owner or owners
of property on which such fire occurs, shall be obligated
ter reimburse the vi l lage of Lino Lakes for such sum as the
village of Lino Lakes shell be obligated under aid contracts
to pay to the villages of Lexington ir Centerville or both. This
provision shall apply with equal effect to any modifications
or extensions of said contracts with the village of Lexington,
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the vi I lage of Centerville or any contract hereafter entered
into and substitution for said existing contracts, whether the
same be with the village of Lexington, the village of Center-
ville or another municipality. Any said sum due from property
owners in said village shall be due and payable thirty (30)
days after notice thereof specifying the amount chargeable,
which notice is to be given in writing by the Vi Ilage Clerk.
SECTION 3. IN the event that the village council shot
determine that property in the vicinty of the fire has beer
protected or saved from damage by the Lexington or Centervi I!e
fire departments or by both, the vi 1 Iage counci I may al locate
such portion of the cost of the service charge made by the
vi I !age of Lexington , the vi i l age of Centervi Ile, or both,
for such fire cal I, tc benefited property in the vicinity of
t'ie fire on such basis as it shall deem fair and just; and
the owner of owners of such property shall he obligated to
reimburse the vi 1 l age of Lino Lakes for such sums as the
vi ! Iage counci I sisal I al locate to such ben:,,,ted property,
same to be payable as prescirbed in Sectio-i 2 hereof.
SECT!Cly 4•, This c~uinance shall tcke efroct i.om and
i'is pubi cation.
AdoptuJ by the village cc,.,lcf i of the Vi liege of Lino Lekcs,
si n nesota this 27th ciF,y t.ugust, 1956.
/s/ Arnold K. I i ng, Mayor
P'TTEST.
Harry kr'ou ix, Clerk