Ordinance - #03-32 - 08/12/2003 - Laserfiche WebLink

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Incinerator – means any furnace or other device used in the process of burning solid waste, hazardous waste, medical waste or special waste for the purpose of reducing the volume of the waste by removing combustible material. Medical Waste – means all segregated, non-recycled wastes other than kitchen or office wastes produced by hospitals, clinics, doctors' and dentists' offices, funeral homes, veterinary clinics, and other medical and research facilities. These wastes include infectious wastes as defined by part 7035.0300, subpart 48 of Minnesota Rules, or other relevant rule or statute defining infectious wastes, pathological waste, and laboratory wastes. Solid Waste – means garbage, refuse, and other discarded solid materials, except animal waste used as fertilizer, including solid waste materials resulting from industrial, commercial, and agricultural operations, and from community activities. Solid waste does not include earthen fill, boulders, rock, and other materials normally handled in construction operations, solids or dissolved material in domestic sewage, or other significant pollutants in water resources, such as slit, dissolved or suspended solids in industrial waste water effluents, dissolved materials in irrigation return flows, or other common water pollutants. Special Waste – means any waste material not considered hazardous or solid waste which has been determined by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency or Environmental Protection Agency to require special handling or treatment prior to disposal. Subd. 3. Nothing contained herein shall prohibit the use of incinerator burning of solid waste as defined herein generated on the premises by incinerators lawfully permitted and presently in use within the City. 9.11.07 Nuisances: Noise, odors, vibration, smoke, glare, air pollution, or dangerous wastes shall be regulated by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency as applicable. SECTION 3. SUMMARY The following official summary of Ordinance #03-32 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. It is the intent and effect of Ordinance #03-32 to amend Ramsey City Code Chapter 9 (Zoning and Subdivision of Land), Subsection 9.14 (Solid Waste) to eliminate the 5 year term limit on conditional use permits and to also require conditional use permits for mixed solid waste and recycling transfer stations. SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE The effective date of this ordinance is thirty (30) days after its passage and publication, subject to City Charter Section 5.07. 8