(A) Cost recovery for hazardous/toxic material incidents and hazardous conditions of extended duration.
(1) The Village of Bingham Farms shall be entitled to recover all costs and damages incurred in conjunction with emergency incidents involving hazardous/toxic materials or hazardous conditions of extended duration. Such costs and damages shall include, but are not limited to, those associated with incident abatement, cleanup or mitigation, including any related third party costs, which were necessary to ensure the safety of the village and its populace.
(2) Such costs and damages shall be the joint and several responsibility of the owner(s) and/or operator(s) of the property, equipment, vehicle or container causing or contributing to any emergency incident or hazardous condition of extended duration. All such costs and damages shall be paid within 30 days of demand by the Village or its Fire and/or Police Department unless otherwise approved by the Village Council.
(B) Cost recovery for incendiary type fires.
(1) The Village of Bingham Farms shall be entitled to recover all costs and damages incurred in conjunction with any incendiary type fire. Such costs shall include, but are not limited to, those associated with fire extinguishment and investigation.
(2) Such costs and damages shall be the joint and several responsibility of the person(s) found responsible for setting the fire by a court of competent jurisdiction. All such costs and damages shall be paid within 30 days of demand by the village unless otherwise approved by the Village Council.
(Ord. 138, passed 1-25-93; Am. Ord. 261, passed 4-26-21)
Cross-reference:
Cost recovery, see Ch. 33