Title 12 - Traffic

12.04.179.1 Vehicles Transporting Hazardous Materials.

1. a.
   Any person operating a vehicle transporting any hazardous material as a cargo or part of a cargo upon a highway shall at all times comply with rules and regulations of the secretary of transportation adopted pursuant to K.S.A. 8-1746.
2. b.
   Every such vehicle shall be marked or placarded at such places as prescribed by such rules and regulations.
3. c.
   Every such vehicle shall be equipped with fire extinguishers of a type, size and number approved by the secretary, filled and ready for immediate use, and placed at a convenient point on the vehicle.
4. d.
   Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 65-3455, any person responsible for the abandonment, disposal, discharge, leakage, seepage or other release of hazardous material as defined in K.S.A. 65-3471, onto the public roadways and/or adjacent rights-of-way shall be responsible for the payment of the cost incurred by the City in the cleanup and disposal of the hazardous material and any damage caused to the infrastructure thereby. The person responsible shall be notified of such costs and expenditures by certified mail/return receipt requested and shall make repayment of all costs incurred. If the responsible person fails to pay for such costs, such payment shall be recoverable in an action brought by the City Attorney in the District Court of Johnson County, Kansas, or in a court of appropriate jurisdiction. Any money recovered under this section shall be deposited with the City Clerk.

(History: Ord. TC-1260,FFFF §59, 2022; Ord. TC-1260,G §1, 87; TC-1260 §188, 84) (State Law: K.S.A. 8-1746)

Effective on: 1/1/1901