HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD-11-91 Prohibit Hazardous Waste Treatment without PermitORDINANCE NO. 11-
91 AN INTERIM ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE ADOPTED AS
AN URGENCY MEASURE PROHIBITING
HAZARDOUS WASTE TREATMENT AND STORAGE
FACILITIES WITHOUT A CONDITIONAL USE
PERMIT.WHEREAS, the city Council of the City of orange
has commissioned a study to develop appropriate criteria for
the development of land uses involving the treatment, storage,
and handling of hazardous waste as defined and controlled under
the State of California's Tanner Act;
and WHEREAS, the issue of hazardous waste is a cause of
deep concern to the city Council and the residents of the city;
and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that unless a restriction
is placed upon the development of new facilities for such
treatment,storage and handling of hazardous waste during the pendency
of such study, pending and or expected applications to develop
such facilities may result in severe adverse environmental
impacts that cannot be properly mitigated by compliance with
current standards, pose a serious risk of life and health
endangering releases of hazardous and toxic substances, and
otherwise endanger the lives and safety of workers and residents
and thereby result in a serious threat to public health, safety
and
welfare.NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the city of Orange
does ordain as
follows:SECTION
I:No use of land or any improvements on the land for
the treatment, transfer, storage, resource recovery, disposal,
or recycling of hazardous waste, as defined in California Health
and Safety Code Section 25117, serving more than one producer
of hazardous waste, shall be permitted in any district in the
City except the M-2 District. In the M-2 District such
use shall be permitted only after first obtaining a conditional
use permit in accordance with Chapter 17.92 of the orange
Municipal Code, which permit shall prescribe the conditions, under which such
a use may be permitted. Such conditions shall be in addition to
and not in derrogation of any other requirements of federal,
state and local laws, rules, regulations and ordinances
regulating any such hazardous waste or its treatment,
transfer, storage, resource recovery,
disposal or
recycling.Section II:A summary of this Ordinance shall be
published once within fifteen (15) days after this Ordinance's passage
in the orange city News, a newspaper of general
circulation, published and circulated in the City of Orange. The city Clerk
shall post in the Office of the City Clerk a certified copy of the
full text of such adopted Ordinance along with the names of
members voting for and against the Ordinance in accordance with
Government Code section 36933. This Ordinance shall take effect
immediately upon passage and shall be of no further force and
effect forty-five days from the date of its passage
unless extended in accordance with Government Code Section
65858.ADOPTED this 23rd day of
1991.
ATTEST:7l1 "'~!fc-
1 ~ fttYf;City Cler f t~ C
of Orange STATE
OF CALIFORNIA)COUNTY
OF ORANGE )CITY
OF ORANGE )I, MARILYN J. JENSEN, City Clerk of the City
of orange,california, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Interim Ordinance adopted as an urgency measure was
introduced, duly passed and adopted at the regular meeting of the
city Council held on the 23rd day of April , 1991 by the
following vote,
to wit:AYES:COUNCIL MEMBERS: STEINER,BARRERA,MAYOR
BEYER ,
COONTZ ,SPURGEON COUNCILMEMBERS:
NONE NOES:ABSENT:COUNCIL
MEMBERS: NONE ABSTAIN:COUNCIL
MEMBERS:
NONE a~ci y Clerk th i1V'
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