[Ord. 1994-8, 9/6/1994]
EXTRAORDINARY EXPENSES
Those expenses, and those related costs and fees that are
incurred by the Township, local, state or federal department or agency,
emergency services organization and from the private sector for actual
costs or charges for labor, materials, and any other costs associated
with the use of specialized extinguishing or abatement agent, chemical
neutralizer or similar equipment or material that is employed to monitor,
extinguish, confine, neutralized, contain, clean, or remove any hazardous
material that is or may be involved in a fire, or release into the
air, ground or water or the potential threat of any release or fire,
and any and all activities associated with the implementation of a
protective action, i.e., evacuation, to protect the public health,
safety and welfare.
EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE
A service performed by any Township department or employee, or any public or private sector organization, agency or company directly associated with mitigating the hazard or potential hazard or involved in providing services to implement a protective action. "Extraordinary service" may include, but not limited to, the abatement and disposition of hazardous materials, spills, releases, or the threat of spills or releases of hazardous materials, utility line breaks or leakages, and other imminent or perceived or potential threats of the health, safety and welfare of the public that may be detailed or contemplated in §
10-201 above.
[Ord. 1994-8, 9/6/1994]
The Township may enforce the provisions of this Part by civil
action in a court of competent jurisdiction for the collection of
any amounts due hereunder plus attorneys fees or for any other relief
that may be appropriate.
[Ord. 1994-8, 9/6/1994]
Nothing in this Part shall authorize any Township bureau, department,
or personnel or staff members to refuse or delay an emergency service
to any person, firm, organization or corporation, that has not reimbursed
the Township for extraordinary services. Furthermore, nothing in this
section shall be construed to demand reimbursement to the Township
for those municipal services that are normally provided to Township
residents and others as a matter of the Township's general operating
procedure, and for which the levying of taxes, or the demand for reimbursement
is normally made.