[Ord. No. 01-028 §§1—6, 3-13-2001]
A.
Any
person, partnership, corporation or other entity having ownership
of any vessel used for the storage, distribution or retention of anhydrous
ammonia shall notify the County Chief of Police of the location of
such storage unit.
B.
Tanks For Storage, Distribution Or Retention Of Anhydrous Ammonia.
1.
Any person, partnership, corporation or other entity having ownership
of any vessel greater than ten thousand (10,000) gallons, known as
Mother Tanks, used for the storage, distribution or retention of anhydrous
ammonia shall ensure that the vessel is secured in an area that is
lighted by dusk-to-dawn lighting.
2.
Mother Tanks shall have the valves from which anhydrous ammonia is
transferred from the Mother Tank to the Nurse Tanks secured with a
Rockwell 60 hardened, tamper-proof, locking device.
3.
During non-use periods by consumers, the owner of any vessel of less
than ten thousand (10,000) gallons (Nurse Tanks) shall employ measures
to secure such vessels containing residual amounts greater than five
percent (5%) of capacity. Vessels shall be secured with a Rockwell
60 hardened, tamper-proof, locking device.
C.
Violation
of this Section shall be a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by
fines of fifty dollars ($50.00) per day per unsecured Mother Tank,
and twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per day per unsecured Nurse Tank.
D.
Penalty.
1.
It shall be a misdemeanor to transport anhydrous ammonia in any container
which does not meet the ANSI standard established by the Department
of Agriculture, Division of Weights and Measures.
E.
Compliance
with this Section shall be the responsibility of the Police Department,
which shall provide copies of the notice to the Division of Building
and Code Enforcement and the Division of Emergency Management.
[Ord. No. 16-054 §11, 7-25-2016]
F.
Legal
action required by this Section shall be the responsibility of the
County Counselor's office.
[Ord. No. 03-084 §§1—7, 6-25-2003]
A.
No Depositing On Streets Of Soil, Etc., Due To Land-Disturbing Activity. No person shall engage in any land-disturbing activity or any other
action that causes or permits any soil, earth, sand, gravel, rock,
stone, concrete, building materials, trees, limbs, debris, litter
or other materials or liquids to be deposited upon or to roll, flow
or wash upon, in or over any public street, street improvement, road,
sewer, storm drain, watercourse or right-of-way or any other public
property in a manner to damage or to interfere with the use of such
property, or which creates a hazardous condition detrimental to the
health, safety and welfare of the public.
B.
No Depositing On Streets Of Soil, Etc., Due To Hauling. No
person shall when hauling soil, earth, sand, gravel, rock, stone,
concrete, building materials, trees, limbs, debris, litter or other
material or liquid over any public street, road, alley or public property
allow such materials or liquids to blow or spill over and upon such
street, road, alley or public property. The operator of equipment
engaged in hauling shall not permit soil, earth, rock, trees, limbs,
debris, litter or other materials to fall from the vehicle, including
wheels of said vehicle, upon such street, road, alley or public property.
C.
Removal—Responsibility. If any such soil, earth, sand,
gravel, rock, stone, trees, limbs, debris, litter or other material
or liquid is caused to be deposited upon or to roll, flow or wash
upon any public property in violation of Sections (A) and (B) above,
the person responsible shall cause same to be removed from such property
by the end of the same working day.
D.
Failure To Remove—Notice Of Violation And Correction Order. Failure to comply with Section (C) shall result in a notice of violation
and correction order issued to the person responsible by the County
Engineer or his designee. Such correction order shall state a reasonable
time in which to correct any violation of Sections (A) or (B) above.
Failure to comply with this notice of violation and correction order
shall be deemed an additional violation.
E.
Immediate Removal In Case Of Danger, Responsibility. In
the event of an immediate danger to the public health, safety or welfare,
notice shall be given by the most expeditious means and the material
or liquid shall be removed immediately. In the event it is not so
removed, the County may cause such removal and the cost of such removal
by the County, or anyone contracted by the County, shall be paid to
the County by the person who failed to so remove the material and
shall be a debt due the County and payable within thirty (30) days
of said removal.
F.
Penalties. A violation of any provision of this Section
is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred
dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the St. Charles County Jail
for a term not to exceed one (1) year, or by both fine and imprisonment.
A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day a violation
occurs or continues.
G.
Responsibility For Enforcement. The enforcement of these
regulations established by this Section shall be the responsibility
of the County Counselor.
