(a) The City shall permit the surface application of brine to roads, streets, highways and other similar land surfaces that it owns or has the right to control for the control of dust or ice, subject to the following standards:
(1) Brine shall not be applied:
A. To a water-saturated surface;
B. Directly to vegetation near or adjacent to surfaces being treated;
C. Within twelve feet of structures crossing bodies of water or crossing drainage ditches; or
D. Between sundown and sunrise, except for ice control.
(2) The discharge of brine through the spreader bar shall stop when the application stops.
(3) The applicator vehicle shall be moving at least five miles per hour at all times while the brine is being applied.
(4) The maximum spreader bar nozzle opening shall be three-quarters of an inch in diameter.
(5) The maximum uniform application rate of brine shall be 3,000 gallons per mile on a twelve-foot wide road or three gallons per sixty square feet on unpaved lots.
(6) The applicator vehicle discharge valve shall be closed between the brine collection point and the specific surfaces that have been approved for brine application.
(7) Valves that provide for tank draining, other than through the spreader bar, shall be closed during the brine application and transport.
(8) The angle of discharge from the applicator vehicle spreader bar shall not be greater than sixty degrees from the perpendicular to the unpaved surface.
(9) Only the last twenty-five percent of an applicator vehicle's contents shall be allowed to have a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure. Therefore, the first seventy-five percent of the applicator vehicle's contents shall be discharged under atmospheric pressure.
(b) The City may use its own personnel, vehicles and equipment in the application of brine to its streets and other similar land surfaces.
(c) It is the intention of the City to comply with all requirements set forth in Ohio Amended Substitute House Bill 501 for the application of brine.
(Res. 2155. Passed 4-22-85.)