The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1942-12-24

An ordinance authorizing and directing
the execution of a contract con-
Ohio, and certain persons owning
property in Fairfield Township, Butler
County, Ohio, for fire protection.
WHEREAS Walter L. Follmer, Don
w. Ftton, Russell Huston Blanche f.
Bronson, William j. Lewis and others
the owners Of parcels of real estate
within the area bounded as follows, to-
wit: all property with frontage on
Middletown Pike from the north cor
poration line of the City Of Hamilton,
Ohio, to the subdivision known as East
over, herein designated as Fire District
No. / the subdivision known as East
over, herein designated as Fire District
No. ?; all property with frontage on
the north side Of AIiddletown Pike and
the east side Of Headgates Road to Oak
ridge Subdivision, and the Rentschler
and Egbert properties on Millikin Road
and Immediately adjoining the Middle
town Pike, herein designated as Fire
District No. 3; the subdivision known as
Oakridge, herein designated as Fire Dis
trict No. t. have applied to the City Of
Hamilton, Ohio, to have said areas es-
tablished as fire protection districts of
said city and have designated Leeds
Bronson to act for them in all matters
relating to their application or applica-
tions and to the establishment and
maintenance of said fire protection dis
trictS, and
WHEREAS, the City Manager ON rec
ommendation of the Fire Chief has de
termined that it is feasible for the fire
force of the city to render city fire pro-
lection in said districts; and
WHEREAS, said petitioners have
agreed to pay for said fire protection
the sum of $1.SS per S 100000 tax valua-
tion of the total tax values of the
parcels OF real estate owned by said pc
NOW THEREFORE, BE 1T OR
DAINED by the Council of the City of
Hamilton, Ohio:
SECTION l: That the city Of Hamil-
ton Ohio. shall enter into a contract
covering all of the territory designated
in the preamble of this ordinance as
Fire Districts Nos l. g g. and 4 or
separate contracts covering each of said
Fire Districts Nos. /, 2, 3, and as de-
scribed in the preamble of this ordin-
ance, or separate contracts covering any
combination of said districts, with the
petitioners aforesaid, acting through
Leeds Bronson, their designated agent
in substantially the following form:
1T is agreed by and between the City
OF Hamilton, Ohio, hereinafter called
the City, acting through h.i its
City Manager, and the petitioners,
Leeds Bronson, their desgnated % igea agent !
as follows:
L. The City of Hamilton, Ohio, shall
furnish such fire apparatus and
such personnel necessary for
manning the same, as can be CON
Veniently spared by the fire force
at the time requested, to the
owners of the property included
within the following area, to-wit:
The fire chief of the City of
Hamilton, Ohio, or his subordin-
ate in charge, shall be the sole
judge of what apparatus or per-
sonnel can be spared at the time
Ordinarily no apparatus or per-
sonnel can be furnished when
either one of the two city fire
companies nearest to the location
of the fire is engaged a the time
in another fire.
2 This contract shall, in no event,
confer on any property owner of
the district or on any other per-
son right of action for damages
against the City for operation or
failure to operate hereunder
B. The contract shall be for the pc
pnd pod andinr beginning Ian1sr January - 1913
A. The consideration of this con-
tract is the sum of
paid to the City of Hamilton, the
receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged. Said sum is repre-
sented to be equal to a payment
of one dollar and eighty-eight
cents ($1.SS) on each one thous-
and dollars (S1,00000) of the
total tax value Of the improved
parcels of real estate owned by
the petitioners within said dis
s. The City will answer calls for
fire service within the said dis
trict, as set out above, but in
the event the calls is for the pro-
lection of premises whose owners
have not joined in the applica-
tion hereinabove referred to, the
city reserves the right to with
hold fire service from such prem
iseS to the extent that such action
can be taken without endangering
the property of owners who have
paid for fire protection.
g. 1t is agreed that if the assessed
property valuation of any of the
petitioning property owners has