[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Butler 10-19-1995
as Ord. No. 1419. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Fire prevention — See Ch. 139.
A.
The City of Butler recognizes the need to provide, through
its Bureau of Fire, certain expendable and/or disposable materials used in
the abatement and/or control of certain fires and hazardous materials incidents,
including but not limited to fire fighting foam and other hazardous materials
abatement equipment (hereinafter collectively referred to as "materials").
B.
Any person, group, agency, corporation or other entity
whose actions or inactions result in an incident during which materials described
herewith shall be responsible for the reasonable cost incurred or expended
for the replacement of any material used or expended in the abatement or control
of said incident.
C.
Any agency, group, municipality, state or federal licensed
fire department which requests that the City of Butler provide said materials
shall be responsible for the replacement cost of any materials used or expended
by said agreement.
A.
The Mayor and Council of the City of Butler hereby authorizes
the Fire Chief/Fire Marshal's office to recover the cost of said fire-fighting
foam and other hazardous materials abatement material from any actor necessitating
the dispensing thereof.
B.
The Fire Chief/Fire Marshal's office shall have the authority
to bill either an individual partnership cooperation (profit or nonprofit)
or municipal subdivision.
C.
The Fire Chief/Fire Marshal's office shall have the authority
to bill a neighboring municipality for utilization of said fire-fighting foam
and/or hazardous materials abatement material when dispensing thereof has
been requested by said municipality, regardless of the cause of said dispensing.
The Mayor and Council may, from time to time, pass resolutions setting
costs for fire-fighter's equipment and manpower for use in hazardous materials
abatement activity.
