[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners
of the Township of Tinicum 6-20-2005 by Ord. No. 788.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Vehicles and traffic — See Ch. 360.
[1]
Editor's Note: Ord. No. 832, adopted 4-20-2009, amended this
ordinance to change references to the Essington Volunteer Fire Company
and the Lester Volunteer Fire Company to the Tinicum Township Volunteer
Fire Company.
The Tinicum Township Volunteer Fire Company
shall initiate user fees for the delivery of fire and rescue services,
personnel, supplies and equipment to the scene of motor vehicle accidents
and other incidents on the highways. The rate of user fees shall be
that which is usual, customary and reasonable (UCR), which may include
any services, personnel, supplies, and equipment and with baselines
established by addendum to this document.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Said addendum is on file in
the Township offices.
The user fee shall be filed to the motor vehicle
insurance, representing an add-on cost of the claim for damages of
the vehicles, property and/or injuries. In the event services are
required relating to utilities causing safety problems to highway
areas, and if the area is deemed unsafe by emergency responders, the
same billing process shall apply to said utility, whose equipment-related
problems cause for an emergency services response. The claim costs
shall be filed to the insurance coverage of the owner of a vehicle,
owner of property, or responsible parties.
The Fire Company's Executive Board may make
rules or regulations and from time to time may amend, revoke, or add
rules and regulations, not consistent with this chapter, as it may
deem necessary or expedient in respect to billing for these fees or
the collection thereof.
All amounts collected as a result of this chapter
shall be placed into a fund as established by the Fire Company's Executive
Board to be used exclusively for personnel, supplies and equipment
of the Fire Company.
It is found and determined that all formal actions
of the Tinicum Township Board of Commissioners concerning and relating
to the adoption of this chapter were adopted in open meetings of the
Tinicum Township Board of Commissioners, and that all deliberations
of the Tinicum Township Board of Commissioners and any of its committees
that resulted in such formal actions were in accordance with all legal
requirements, and the codified ordinances of the Tinicum Township
Board of Commissioners.
