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k <br />SWC:bc 6/6/80 <br />SWC:mf 3/23/81R <br />SWC:mf 3/25/81R <br />SWC:mf 3/31/81R <br />ORDINANCE NO. .1839 ORIGINAL <br />ORDINANCE ADDING SECTION 12.18.1 TO THE CODE OF THE MAY 4 W1 <br />CITY OF REDWOOD CITY RELATING TO CLEANUP OF HAZARDOUS <br />MATERIALS <br />THE COUNCIL OF REDWOOD CITY DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: <br />SECTION 1. Section 12.18.1 is hereby added to the Code of <br />the City of Redwood City to read as follows: <br />"Section 12.18.1. Deposits of Hazardous Materials; <br />Cleanup or Abatement; Liability for Costs. (a) The Fire <br />Department is authorized to clean up or abate the effects <br />of any hazardous material deposited upon or into property <br />or facilities of the City; and any person or persons who <br />intentionally or negligently caused such deposit shall be <br />liable for the payment of all costs incurred by the Fire <br />Department as a result of such cleanup or abatement activity. <br />The remedy provided by this section shall be in addition to <br />any other remedies provided by law. <br />"(b) For purposes of this section 'hazardous material' <br />shall be defined as any substance or material in a quantity <br />or form which, in the determination of the Fire Chief or his <br />authorized representative, poses an unreasonable and imminent <br />risk to the life, health or safety of persons or property or <br />to the ecological balance of the environment, and shall <br />include, but shall not be limited to, such substances as <br />explosives, radioactive materials, petroleum or petroleum <br />products or gases, poisons, etiologic (biologic) agents, <br />flammables and corrosives. <br />"(c) For purposes of this section, costs incurred by <br />the Fire Department shall include, but shall not necessarily <br />be limited to, the following: actual labor costs of City <br />personnel, including fringe benefits; administrative overhead <br />at an amount as may be determined by resolution of the City <br />1839 <br />