A. "Ambulance" shall mean any vehicle that is constructed, equipped, and regularly provided or offered to be provided for transportation in the recumbent position of persons suffering from any physical or psychological illness, injury, disability, or infirmity.

B. "Advanced life support" shall mean and include special services designed to provide definitive pre-hospital emergency medical care, including, but not limited to, cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, cardiac monitoring, cardiac defibrillation, advanced airway management, intravenous therapy, administration of specified drugs and other medicinal preparations, and other specified techniques and procedures administered by authorized personnel at the scene of an emergency, during transport to an acute care hospital, during inter-facility transfer, and while in the emergency department of an acute care hospital until responsibility is assumed by the emergency or medical staff of that hospital.

C. "City limits" or "corporate limits" includes all areas which are physically located within the corporate limits of city as of the effective date of this chapter and any later areas subsequently annexed so as to become a part of the corporate limits of city.

D. "Emergency" shall mean a condition or situation in which an individual has a need for immediate medical attention, or where the potential for such need is perceived by emergency medical personnel or a public safety agency.

E. "Person" means any individual or entity as defined in Section 1.04.010 of the Petaluma Municipal Code. For the purposes of this chapter, "person" shall include all individuals, firms or principals having a financial interest in an ambulance or ambulance service whose operations are subject to this chapter.