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ORDINANCE NO. 200
AN AMMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF MEDINA ZONING ORDINANCE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MEDINA DOES ORDAIN THE FOLLOWING:
THAT THE CITY OF MEDINA ZONING ORDINANCE IS AMMENDED:
1. To establish a new district entitled Sanitary Landfill (n)(S 0
per attached ordinance language as Section 655.
2. Add to the definition section the following:
Garbage: All discarded material resulting from the handling, processing
storage, preparation, serving and consumption of food.
Refuse : All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes, except body
wastes, and including gargage, rubbish, ashes, incinerator
ash, incinerator residue, street cleanings, and market and
industrial solid wastes.
Sanitary Landfill: A method of disposing of solid waste on land
in accordance with a preconceived plan and with-
out creating nuisances or hazards to public
health or safety but utilizing. the principles
of environmental planning and engineering to confine
solid waste to the proper and smallest practical
area, to reduce it to the smallest volume, and to
cover it with an adequate layer of earth at the
conclusion of each day's operation, cr at such more
frequent intervals as may be required
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655 Sanitary Landfill (SL)
655.1 Purpose
The Sanitary Landfill (SL) District is an area exclusively established to
accomodate the use of land for the development and operation of sanitary
landfills. Since this type of land use is so unique to the ecological
setting of Medina and the provision of public services such as transpor
tation so demanding, a special district delineation is called for. With-
in any district zoned SL in Medina, an extensive set of performance standards
must be met through the application of a conditional use permit.
655.2 Conditional Use
Sanitary Landfills
Within the Sanitary Landfill District, no landfill shall be
established or operated without a Conditional Use Permit.
Said Conditional Use Permit shall be valid for a one year
period, after which a permit renewal shall be required. The
City Council may also require a performance bond, cash escrow,
or letter of credit from the landowner or operator, to guarantee
conformance with these regulations.
655.3 Information Required
The following information shall be provided by the persons requesting the
permit:
(1) Name and address of person requesting the permit. '
(2) The exact legal property description and acreage of area to be used.
(3) The following maps of the entire site and to include all areas within
five hundred (500) feet of the site. All maps shall be rawn at a
scale of one (1) inch to one hundred (100) feet unless otherwise stated
below:
Map A - Existing conditions Lu include:
Contour lines at five (5) foot intervals.
Existing vegetation.
Existing drainage: did permanent water areas.
Existing structures.
Existing wells.
Existing roadways and easements.
Map 6 - Proposed operations to include;
Structures to be erected
Location of earthwork and fill operation to be mined showing
depth of proposed excavation.
Location of refuse disposal. deposits showing maximum height of
deposits.
Location of machinery•to be used in the ruining operation.
Location of storage of mined materials, showing height of
storage deposits.
Location of vehicle parking.
Location of storage of explosives.
Erosion and sediment control structures.
Location of proposed roadways and easements.
Type and capacity of equipment to be used.
Map C - End use plan to include:
Final grade of proposed site showing elevations and contour
lines at five (5) foot intervals.
Location and species of vegetation to be replanted.
Location and nature of any structures to be erected in relation
to the end use plan.
(4) A soil erosion and sediment control plan.
(5) A plan for dust and noise control.
(6) A full and adequate description of all phases of the proposed operation to
include an estimate of duration of the operation
A plan for fire nuisance and vermin control.
Any other information requested by the Planning Commission or City Council.
Estimated daily or weekly volume of garbage and other waste.
(10) A plan or the submittal of assurances to the City from private or public
sources satisfactorily addressing the issue of long term liability after
landfill closure for the monitoring and protection of environmental
quality.
(11) A plan or submittal of assurances to the City from private or public
sources satisfactorily addressing the issue of long term roadway main—
tenance during the operations tenure on those routes providing primary
landfill site access.
655.4 Renewal of Permits
All property owners and residents with one thousand (1000) feet of the
operation shall be notified of the annual conditional permit renewal
request.
655.5 Use Restriction
The following regulations shall be observed by any person to whom a permit is
issued by the City for the operiiion of a sanitary landfill. These re]ula-
tions shall govern the operation of all City approved sanitary landfills and
any failure to observe these regulations shall be sufficient grounds for tiie
revocation of the permit by the Council.
(1) All garbage and other refuse accepted by the landfill permit holder shall
be thoroughly compacted by equipment of a size and weight capable of
producing a downward or ground pressure of at least five (5) pounds
per square inch. Such' equipment shall have sufficient weight and capacity
to carry out all necessary operations to the satisfaction of the enforce-
ment officer. Sufficient auxiliary equipment shall be maintained cn h�
site or otherwise available to permit operation in case of breakd Iwn.
Mixed refuse material shall be spread out on the working face of the land-
fill so that the depth does not exceed a maximum depth of two (21)feet
prior to its compaction.
The areas shall be continually policed to prevent fire and the blowing of
papers; shall be neat and sanitary at all times, and shall be covered at
the end of each day's operation, as well as when wind conditions warrant
it through the day, with sufficient material to prevent blowing papers and
unsightly conditions. The size of the active face on which refuse is
being currently deposited shall be kept to a minimum.
(4) Cover material will consist cf earth, loam, clay, sand, or a mixture
of at least fifty percent (5C%) earth and other inert materials, such
as ashes, cinders or gravel. A minimum depth of twelve inches (12")
of compacted cover and final spread cover material shall be kept on all
inactive faces of the landfill at all times. The active faces of the
landfills should be covered at the end of each day's operation, or as
otherwise directed by the Administrator.
(5) When the landfill has been brought up to two feet (2') below the
desired finished grade, it shall be covered with at least twenty-four
inches (24") of compacted cover material graded and seeded in such a manner
as to prevent erosion.
(6) Where the "trench system" of sanitary landfill is used, successive
parallel trenches must be at least two feet (2') apart.
All garbage and refuse material existing on the site at the time the
permit is issued either in the form of an open dump or any other form,
shall be collected, compacted, and covered with cover material at least
one foot (1') in depth if below the desired finished grade, or with inert
material at least two feet (2') in depth at the finished grade. This cover
operation shall be completed within fifteen (15) working days after the
issuance of a special permit for the sanitary landfill.
(8) The perrnittee or operator shall erect such temporary or permanent fences
or take other measures as may be necessary to reasonable control blowinn
of paper and other materials from the landfill.
(7)
(9)
Any material salvaged from the landfi l must be handled and stored in such
a manner as to prevent rodent harborage and permit proper operation of the
landfill. Such salvaged material must be removed to a location at least
two hundred feet (200') from the working surface so as not to interfere
with the compacting and covering. All salvaged material must be completely
removed from the site every twenty four (24) hours unless provision is
made for temporary storage within an enclosed, roofed and rodent -proof
structure approved by the Administrator.
(10) Burning of any materials deposited in a landfill is expressly prohibiter.
(11) Adequate fire fighting equipment shall be available at all times on the
site or the operator shall furnish the Inspector with proof of a fire
fighting agreement between the operator and:the local fire district.
(12) No fill shall be placed in stream -beds or other areas where streams would
be obstructed or where erosion by the stream would remove cover material.
There shall be.no seepage or drainage of any material from the fill ,,of
such a nature as would constitute an odor nuisance, or health hazard, or
pollute any water course.
(13) The permit holder shall provide an access road, .approved by the Administrator
that is passable in all types of weather conditions to the dumping site.
(14) The license holder shall also provide an auxiliary fill site available
and ready for use during periods of heavy rain or snowfall, and when the
area being filled and covered may not be reached because of said weather
conditions. The permit holder shall also take precautions to eliminate
excess dust in dry weather.
(15) Insects and rodents on the site'shall be controlled and exterminated as
directed by the Inspector.
(16) The permit holder shall cease operations and close the landfill between
the hours of seven o'clock (7:00) P.M. and six o'clock (6:00) A.M. and
on Sundays and holidays.
(17) For good and sufficient reasons the Council may grant exceptions to the
above operating procedures and standards or may impose additional re-
quirements subject to specific site conditions.
(18) A11 those provisions of section 735, Mining and Land Rehabilitation,
shall followed in the development, operation and restoration of a
sanitary landfill use.
This Ordinance becomes effective upon its adoption and publication.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Medina this 21 day of April, 1981
Mayor, Tom Anderson
ATTEST:
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City Clerk, Donna Roehl
Published in the Crow River News this 20 day of May , 1981