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ORDINANCE #90- CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 170.01 OF THE RAMSEY CITY CODE WItlCIt CHAPTER 1S KNOWN AS THE "RAMSEY ZONING CHAPTER". AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER I70.0I BY THE ADDITION OF SECTION 170.025 WHICH SECTION SHALL BE ENTITLED "SOLID WASTE LANDFILL ORDINANCE". The City of Ramsey Ordains: SECTION 1. SUMMARY The following official summary of Ordinance g90- has been approved by the City Council of the City of Ramsey as clearly informing the public of the intent and effect of the ordinance: ]t is the intent and effect of Ordinance ~90- to adopt certain provisions and conditions regarding the construction, operation, inspection, monitoring and maintenance of solid waste disposal facilities within the City, provide for usable land after closure, to require buffer areas and to set time limitations for the period of operation. A printed cop), of Ordinance gg0- is available for inspection by an)' person at the City Municipal Center. This Ordinance becomes effective upon its passage and thirty (30) days after publication according to law, subject to City Chapter Provision, Section 5.04. SECTION 2. AMENDMENT 1. PURPOSE AND POLICY It has been determined that improper waste storage, collection, transportation and disposal endanger the public health, safety and welfare, create public nuisances, result in scenic blight and adversely affect land values. Since this type of land use must meet or exceed the rules and standards established by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), those same rules and standards must be met before a cond/tional use permit may be considered by the CiLx.' Council. Additionally, performance standards must be met to assure that all conditional use permit requests wiI1 be reviewed using criteria that will prohibit land uses that endanger the public health, safer3, and welfare, create public nuisances, result in scenic blight or adversely affect land values, or create land use conf'lScts due to landf'flJ operations and landfill related acriv/ties. 2. SCOPE In addition to the criteria outlined in Chapter l?0.013D of the Ramsey CiLv Code pertaining to conditional use permits, these are rules and standards that regulate the issuance of conditional use permits for storage, collection, transportation, treatment, utilization, processing, transfer, intermediate disposal, and final disposal of solid waste or processed waste product by an',' person and the issuing of conditional use permits for the construction and operation of'sol~d waste disposal sites and facilities for the protection of the environment in keeping with Minnesota Statutes, Chapters 115, 116, 400 and 473D.