The owner or occupant of a structure, vehicle, or property to which the Fire Department or other department of the city/county provides fire suppression, emergency management services, vehicle extrication, hazardous material mitigation, or other Fire Department services, (collectively referred to in this subchapter as “Emergency Response Services”) or any person or entity causing the need for the fire or emergency services department to respond and/or provided any emergency response service (the “Responsible Party”) shall pay the cost of such service. Cost recovery fees are set forth in Exhibit A attached to Ordinance 16-28 and are hereby found to not exceed the city/county’s actual expense in providing such emergency response services. The fees enacted herein apply to any services rendered by any city/county department to whatever property or person, whether within the city/county or if requested by any other entity, or if supplied by the city/county pursuant to any interlocal cooperation agreement.
(Ord. 16-28, passed 7-26-2016)