Gridley Municipal Code Ch. 10.84 Emergency Response Cost Recovery

In accordance with the authority vested in the City of Gridley by State Statute, any person who is under the influence of an alcoholic beverage or any drug, or the combined influence of an alcoholic beverage and any drug, whose negligent operation of a motor vehicle, boat, vessel, or aircraft caused by the influence proximately causes any incident resulting in an appropriate emergency response, and any person whose intentionally wrongful conduct proximately causes any incident resulting in an appropriate emergency response, is liable to the City of Gridley for the expense of an emergency response to the incident.

(Ord. 541, 1989).

For the purposes of this Chapter 10.84, a person is under the influence of an alcoholic beverage or any drug, or the combined influence of an alcoholic beverage and any drug, when as a result of drinking an alcoholic beverage or using a drug, or both, his or her physical or mental abilities are impaired to a degree that he or she no longer has the ability to operate a motor vehicle, boat, vessel or aircraft with the caution characteristic of a sober person of ordinary prudence under the same or similar circumstances. For purposes of this Chapter, the presumptions prescribed in Section 23152 and 23255 of the Vehicle Code shall apply.

(Ord. 541, 1989).

The expense of an emergency response shall be charged against the person liable for the expenses under this Chapter. The charge constitutes a debt of that person and is collectible by the City of Gridley incurring those costs in the same manner as in the case of an obligation under a contract, expressed or implied.

(Ord. 541, 1989).