(A) This chapter shall be known as “the drunk driving cost recovery ordinance of the City of East Grand Rapids”.
(B) The city finds that a significant number of the traffic arrests and traffic accidents in the city involve drivers operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a controlled substance, or a combination thereof. Furthermore, the city finds that there is a greater likelihood of personal injury or property damage in accidents involving a driver operating under the influence of an intoxicating liquor or a controlled substance, or combination thereof. As a result, the city finds that a greater operational and financial burden has been placed on the city’s public safety services by persons operating a motor vehicle under the influence of intoxicating liquor or a controlled substance, and that it is necessary to recover these increased emergency response costs.
(Prior Code, § 10.80) (Ord. effective 12-14-1990)