Unless specifically defined below, words or phrases used in this chapter shall be interpreted so as to give them the meaning they have in common usage and to give this chapter its most reasonable application:
(a) "Building" means any structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or occupancy.
(b) "Emergency response" means the providing, sending and/or utilizing of police, fire-fighting, emergency medical and rescue services by the Village or the Charter Township of Windsor, or by a private industrial entity, corporation or other assisting government agency operating at the request or direction of the Village, the Township or the State of Michigan, for an incident resulting in a hazardous materials release or threatened release.
(c) "Expenses of an emergency response" means the direct and reasonable costs incurred by the Village or Township, or by a private person, corporation or other assisting government agency which is operating at the request of the Village or Township, when making an emergency response to a hazardous materials incident, including the costs of providing police, fire-fighting, rescue services, emergency medical services, containment and abatement of all hazardous conditions at the scene of the incident. The costs further include all salaries and wages of Village or Township personnel responding to the incident, salaries and wages of Village or Township personnel engaged in the investigation, supervision and report preparation regarding said incident, all salaries and wages of personnel assisting governmental agencies operating at the request or direction of the Village or Township, and all costs connected with the administration of the incident relating to any prosecution of the person or persons responsible, including those costs relating to the production and appearance of witnesses at any court proceedings in relation thereto. Costs shall also include such items as disposable materials and supplies used during the response to said incident, the rental or leasing of equipment used for the specific response, the replacement of equipment which is contaminated beyond re-use or repair during the response to said incident, special technical services and laboratory costs, and services and supplies purchased for any specific evacuation relating to said incident.
(d) "Hazardous material" shall include, but shall not be limited to, a chemical that is a combustible liquid, a flammable gas, an explosive flammable, an organic peroxide, an oxidizer, a pyrophoric, an unstable reactive or water reactive, poisonous in any form, a radioactive corrosive and any other toxic pollutant identified in 40 CFR 401.15, or any other material designated as "hazardous" in any other Federal law, State statute, or regulation.
(e) "Owner" means any person having a vested or contingent interest in a property, premises, container or vehicle involved in the hazardous materials incident, including, but not limited to, any duly authorized agent or attorney, purchaser, devisee or fiduciary of said person having said vested or contingent interest.
(f) "Premises" means any lot or parcel of land, exclusive of buildings, and includes a parking lot, tourist camp, trailer camp, airport, stockyard, junkyard, wharf, pier, public roadway, and any other place or enclosure, however owned, used or occupied.
(g) "Vehicle" means any mode which is used as an instrument of conveyance, including, but not limited to, motor vehicles, railroads, boats, aircraft, etc.
(Ord. 97-5. Passed 2-9-98.)