Chapter 7.08
AMBULANCES*

Sections:

7.08.010    Definitions.

7.08.020    Permit and license required.

*    For statutory provisions regarding the state first-aid and equipment minimum requirements for ambulances and ambulance drivers, see RCW 70.54.060.

7.08.010 Definitions.

(a)    As used herein “ambulance” means and includes any motor vehicle acting as a common carrier for hire for the transportation or conveyance of the sick or injured.

(b)    As used herein, “ambulance licensee” means and includes any person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of carrying or transporting any sick or injured person, for hire, by the use of an automobile or vehicle designed or adapted for such purpose.

(c)    As used herein, “operating an ambulance” applies to the operation of any ambulance which:

(1)    Is stationed within the city; or

(2)    Is dispatched from within or without the corporate limits of Kirkland and repeatedly or customarily makes trips for hire within the city to pick up injured or sick fares; or

(3)    Makes any trips into Kirkland for that purpose after occasional or repeated advertising, within Kirkland, of such service.

Provided, that the provisions of this chapter do not apply to any ambulance which shall pass through the city in the delivery of fares picked up at points beyond the limits of the city. (Ord. 962 § 1, 1965)

7.08.020 Permit and license required.

No person, firm or corporation shall operate, or cause to be operated, any ambulance in the city without first securing current, valid licenses as required by Chapter 18.73 RCW. This licensing requirement is in addition to any city business licensing that may be required under Chapter 7.02. (Ord. 4658 § 13, 2018: Ord. 3040 § 5, 1987: Ord. 962 § 2, 1965)