City of Gainesville - File #: 980747

• File #: 980747
• Version: 3
• Name: Hazardous Materials Cost Recovery (B)
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 11/9/1998
• In control: City Attorney
• Final action: 7/12/1999
• Title: Ordinance No. 0-99-21 An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, creating and adding Article III of Chapter 11.5 of the Gainesville Code of Ordinances entitled Hazardous Material Incident Cost Recovery; providing the City of Gainesville with the power and authority to recover from the Responsible Party, the costs and related expenses incurred by the City and other agencies or organizations when responding to a hazardous materials incident; providing for hazardous material cost recovery; providing for authority; providing for intent and purpose; providing for rules of construction; providing for definitions; providing for hazardous materials incidents - liability for costs; providing for collection and disbursement of funds for cost recovery; providing for verification and supervision; providing for conflict with other laws; providing directions to the codifier; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date.
• Indexes: AGREEMENT

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/12/1999	3	City Commission	Adopted on Final Reading, as amended (Ordinance)	Pass
6/28/1999	1	City Commission	Adopted on First Reading (Ordinance)	Pass
11/9/1998	0	City Commission	Approved as Recommended	Pass

title Ordinance No. 0-99-21 An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, creating and adding Article III of Chapter 11.5 of the Gainesville Code of Ordinances entitled Hazardous Material Incident Cost Recovery; providing the City of Gainesville with the power and authority to recover from the Responsible Party, the costs and related expenses incurred by the City and other agencies or organizations when responding to a hazardous materials incident; providing for hazardous material cost recovery; providing for authority; providing for intent and purpose; providing for rules of construction; providing for definitions; providing for hazardous materials incidents - liability for costs; providing for collection and disbursement of funds for cost recovery; providing for verification and supervision; providing for conflict with other laws; providing directions to the codifier; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date. recommendation The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance on second reading as amended. explanation Upon first reading of this ordinance at its meeting of June 28, 1999, the City Commission directed the Gainesville Fire Rescue Department to consider comments to such ordinance made by Keith Baucom. A meeting was held with Mr. Baucom and John Hudson of the L.E.P.C. and John Mousa, Alachua County Department of Environmental Protection. As a result of that meeting modification were made to the ordinance's scope of recovery.