(a) Purpose. The Village of Edgar has determined that the increasing costs associated with fire suppression in conjunction with limitations on municipal revenues make it necessary to institute a system of cost recovery for extinguishing and cleaning up fires.
(b) Cost Recovery System.
(1) Every owner of a structure, property or vehicle shall be liable to the Village of Edgar and the Edgar Volunteer Fire Department for the cost of personnel and resources employed to extinguish, confine, suppress or clean up after any fire or threat of fire to a structure, property or vehicle, as provided by the Edgar Volunteer Fire Department and/or other departments covered under mutual aid agreements.
(2) Liability of the owners of structures or land shall be limited to the actual cost of suppressing or confining the fire, or threat of fire, as determined by the Edgar Volunteer Fire Department, not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for any one (1) response to a parcel.
(3) Liability of the owner of a vehicle, or the owner's insurance carrier, for fire suppression responses shall be the actual cost of supressing or confining the fire, or threat of fire, as determined by the Edgar Volunteer Fire Department.
(4) This Section does not supercede the provisions of Title 5, Chapters 2-4 of the Village of Edgar Code of Ordinances which address special costs associated with, but not limited to, hazardous materials responses and other extraordinary situations. The payment limits established in Subsection (b)(2) above shall not apply to such situations.
(c) Payment.
(1) Payment shall be made within sixty (60) days of the billing date of any statement submitted by the Village or the Department, and if not paid within sixty (60) days, shall accrue interest at the rate of one percent (1%) per month from the billing date. The statement shall indicate the actual cost of fire supression services provided as determined by the Village or Department.
(2) The failure of any such owner to pay said charges within sixty (60) days from the date of billing shall result in the Village Administrator placing the amount owed on the tax roll as a special charge, or placing a lien on the property involved in the fire supression incident.
(3) The Village of Edgar may also use any other legal means available to collect any unpaid amount due, including utilizing the services of a collection service or issuance of a citation for non-payment for services.