§ 32-73. Retirement for disabilities not connected with duties.

(a)

When such regular member of the paid Fire Department of the City of Danbury shall have served said City on said Fire Department for a period of not less than ten (10) years and shall have become unable to perform active duty as a Firefighter on said Fire Department because of natural infirmities, diseases contracted, exposure endured or injuries received, he may make application to the Board of Directors for retirement and said Board of Directors shall accept and approve said application for retirement and shall retire said member on not less than one-fourth (¼) pay plus an additional two (2) percent of such pay for each year of service in excess of ten (10) years, provided said member has been examined by at least two (2) physicians and found to be unable to perform active service on said Fire Department.

(b)

When such regular member of the paid Fire Department who has less than ten (10) years of Fire Department service, shall have become unable to perform active service in the Danbury Fire Department because of natural infirmities, diseases contracted, exposure endured or injuries received not in the performance of his duties, he may make application for retirement to the Board of Directors of the 1967 Firefighters Pension Fund, and said board shall retire such member on an annual pension, payable monthly, equal in amount to two (2) percent of pay for each year of his Fire Department service that is less than ten (10) years of service, or at his option, such member may elect to and shall have his total contribution to the 1967 Firefighters Pension Fund returned to him provided such member has been examined by two (2) physicians and has been found by such physicians to be unable to perform active service in said Fire Department.

(Code 1961, § 14-33; Ord. No. 199, § 9, 4-2-1974)