(a) In addition to the other cost recovery rights set forth in this section, the City and any municipal mutual aid association of which the City is a member, as applicable, shall be entitled to recover all costs and damages incurred in conjunction with emergency responses of extended duration. Such costs and damages shall include, but not be limited to, those associated with incident abatement, cleanup, mitigation, and guarding of downed wires including any related third-party costs, which were necessary to ensure the safety of the City and its populace.
(b) Such costs and damages shall be the joint and several responsibilities of the owners and operators of the property, equipment, vehicle, or container causing or contributing in any emergency incident or hazardous condition of extended duration.
(Ord. 2022-03. Passed 5-17-22)
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