As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
APPOINTED FIRE COMPANY
The Fire Company authorized by the Board of Supervisors to:
A.
Provide and coordinate fire prevention and protections services
and other public safety and emergency services within the Township;
B.
Prevent, abate, control, cleanup and protect residents and their
property from the hazards, effects, and the risks of harm associated
with and resulting from fire and emergency situations occurring within
the Township;
C.
Provide immediate response, abatement, control and cleanup services
and coordinate Township and supporting emergency service organizations
efforts in response to the release or threat of release of any hazardous
material within the Township; and
D.
Such other duties as the Board of Supervisors may assign by
ordinance or resolution.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, firm, association, public utility,
trust, estate, public or private institution, group, commonwealth
or local agency, political subdivision, and any legal successor, representative,
or agency of the foregoing.
Any person who owns property, real or personal, situated or
located in the Township and for which the appointed Fire Company and/or
supporting emergency service organizations provide fire prevention
and protection services or other public safety and emergency services
shall be liable for the response costs incurred the Fire Company and
supporting emergency service organizations.
The appointed Fire Company may enforce the provisions of this
chapter, at its own expense, by bringing a civil action in law or
equity before a court of competent jurisdiction for the collection
of any amounts due hereunder, plus operational, administrative, personnel
and legal costs incurred from the initial response action up to the
time that such costs are recovered
If a final decision of a court of competent jurisdiction holds
any provision, sentence, clause, section, or part of this chapter
to be illegal or unconstitutional, such determination shall not affect
or impair any of the remaining provisions, sentences, clauses, sections
or parts of this chapter which shall remain in full force and effect.
It is hereby declared as the intent of the Township that the provisions,
sentences, clauses, sections or parts of this chapter shall be severable
and that this chapter would have been adopted if any such illegal
or unconstitutional provision, sentence, clause, section, or part
had not been included.