[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Dover as indicated
in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 6-26-1996 by L.L.
No. 1-1996]
This article should be known as the "Town of Dover Reimbursement for
Fire-Suppression Expenditures Law."
A.
This article is adopted pursuant to § 10 of
the Municipal Home Rule Law.
B.
It has been determined by the Town Board of the Town
of Dover that it is in the interests of the public health, safety and welfare
of the residents of the Town of Dover to apply for and receive reimbursement
for expenditures incurred during the course of fire-suppression efforts made
by the J.H. Ketcham Fire Company or any other fire department engaged to suppress
a fire or similar emergency in the Town of Dover.
Where a homeowner or business owner of real property maintains fire
insurance which contains provisions that permit the reimbursement of expenditures
incurred by a municipality or a fire department in order to suppress a fire,
explosion or other hazard condition on said premises, the town may apply for
reimbursement of those expenditures to the full extent of the policy coverage
for said property.
