The purposes of this chapter are to provide for the establishment of a policy and procedure to notify members of the public of unauthorized spills, releases or discharges of materials into or upon the environment which may endanger the public health or safety or the environment; and to authorize and provide for a method of determining the necessary and reasonable, additional or extraordinary costs incurred by the City in investigating, mitigating, minimizing, removing or abating unauthorized spills, releases or discharges of materials into or upon the environment within the territorial jurisdiction or responsibility of the City of Strongsville, which spills, releases or discharges require emergency action to protect the public health or safety or the environment, and which costs are recoverable pursuant to the authority of Ohio R.C. 3745.13.
(Ord. 1997-115. Passed 7-7-97.)