The City Council of the City of San Luis hereby finds and declares that the City of San Luis is a fast-growing community with a population in excess of 25,000 residents; that the closest hospital and emergency care and trauma center is Yuma Regional Medical Center which is located approximately 22 miles from the municipal limits of the City of San Luis; that there are two providers of ground ambulance services to the residents of San Luis; and that effective ambulance services with appropriate response times are vital to the public health and safety of the residents of the City of San Luis. The City Council specifically finds that the distance that an ambulance must travel, and the time that an ambulance takes, to respond to an emergency has material impact on the life and safety of persons in need of transport. By this chapter it is the intent of the City Council of the City of San Luis to establish, as a requirement for minimum health and safety of the residents of the City of San Luis, provisions for response times for ground ambulance services in the municipal limits of the City of San Luis, State of Arizona, and procedures to ensure that response times will meet the health and safety needs of the public. (Ord. 275 § 1, passed 5-20-2009. Code 1982 § 4-4-1. Code 2012 § 38.01.)