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(3) The person or persons who owned or had custody or had control of the container which held such material at the time of or immediately prior to such release, discharge or deposit, without regard to fault or proximate cause; and (4) The person or persons who own any property interest in the property or facilities where such release, discharge or deposit of hazardous material has occurred. (h) Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) "hazardous material" means any material that, because of quantity, concentration, or physical or chemical characteristics, poses a significant present or potential hazard to human health or safety or to the environment if released into the work-place or the environment. "Hazardous material" includes, but is not limited to, hazardous substances, hazardous wastes, and any material which the Fire Department has a reasonable basis for believing would be injurious to the health and safety of persons or harmful to the environment if released into the work place or the environment. (2) as used in subsections (b) and (e) of this section, "other material" shall mean any material, whether or not in fact a hazardous material, which is unidentified or unidentifiable at the time of the Fire Department's response and which the City Manager or his or her designee reasonably believes may be hazardous material. (3) "person or persons" shall include any natural person or persons, joint venture, joint stock company, partnership, association, club, company, corporation, business trust, organization, government entity or the manager, lessee, agent, servant, officer or employee of any of them. (i) Costs. For purposes of this section, costs incurred and recoverable by the City shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following: actual labor costs of City personnel, including benefits and administrative overhead; costs of equipment operation; cost of materials obtained directly by the City; cost of any contract labor, services, equipment and materials; and costs of suit and attorney's fees. (j) Account. The Finance Director shall establish a separate "Cost Recovery - Hazardous Materials Cleanup" account. All costs of clean-up and abatement carried out pursuant to the authority granted by this section, including but not limited to investigation, personnel, equipment, materials, legal process, experts, costs of suit and attorneys' fees shall be billed to this account. Upon recovery of any clean-up or abatement costs pursuant to this section, all such costs shall be reimbursed to those City departments and offices in an amount proportionate to their actual costs expended in said clean-up and abatement. ORDINANCE N0. 2007-023 36