A fire and emergency services fee calculated in accordance with § 33.17 of this subchapter shall be imposed for Fire and Rescue Departments and other Township services rendered in response to the following types of emergency incidents causing attendance of Fire and Rescue Departments personnel and/or equipment:
(A) False alarm (i.e., an emergency services call to a site when no actual emergency exists), if there have been three or more prior false alarm calls to the same property within the past year.
(B) Incident involving spills onto a public or private road by a vehicle or trailer of non-hazardous materials (i.e., materials that are not HAZARDOUS MATERIALS as defined in § 33.02) of such quantity as to require Fire and Rescue Department assistance in either removing the material from the road or in limiting access to the road until the material is removed.
(C) Fires caused by the illegal presence at the site of:
(1) Methamphetamine or any other controlled substance as defined under MCL 333.7104(2); or
(2) Chemicals and/or equipment being used for the illegal production of such a controlled substance.
(D) Emergency Fire and Rescue Department stand-by requested by the Cass County Sheriff's Department or other law enforcement agency at a site where methamphetamine or any other controlled substance as defined under MCL 333.7104(2) is being illegally kept or produced.
(E) A vehicle accident involving a vehicle owned by a party who neither resides in the township nor owns real property within the township. Notwithstanding § 33.22, the imposition of a fire emergency services fee for response to this type of incident shall be limited to those beneficiaries that neither own real property within the township nor reside within the township.
(F) A grass, brush or debris fire or bonfire not authorized or permitted by township ordinance, by state statute or by any required permit from the Fire and Rescue Department.
(G) A fire or potential fire caused by a fireworks display not authorized or permitted by township ordinance or state statute.
(H) A fire caused by proven or admitted arson by the owner of the premises or item subject to the fire.
(Ord. 17-02, passed 5-10-2017)