(A) Any person desiring to haul or deposit or dump the substances regulated by this subchapter shall make application in triplicate to the City Controller for a permit to haul, deposit, or dump the substances, which application shall state, among other things, the following information.
(1) The name of the person desiring the permit;
(2) The route of travel of the trucks or other vehicles when loaded;
(3) The gross weight of the vehicles when loaded;
(4) A description of the substances to be hauled, deposited or dumped;
(5) The boundaries of the area in which the substances will be deposited or dumped;
(6) The approximate amount of the substances which will be hauled, deposited or dumped;
(7) The calendar period of time during which the substances will be hauled, deposited or dumped; and
(8) The material which the applicant proposes to use to cover the substances, if a cover is required, the thickness of the cover, the vegetation cover planting to be used, if required, and any other information as may be required.
(B) It shall be the duty of the City Controller to present a copy of the application together with other information, as he or she may have, to the Board of Public Works and Safety and to the city’s Plan Commission, who shall determine the propriety of issuing the permit. The Board of Public Works and Safety shall determine whether any public street or alley would be damaged by the hauling or any citizens may be adversely affected or damaged in their property rights by the hauling, depositing or dumping sought to be permitted. The Plan Commission shall determine if the depositing or dumping sought to be permitted is consistent with the master plan for the orderly development of the city and appropriate for the present and future land use. The findings and recommendations of the Board of Public Works and Safety and the Plan Commission on the propriety of issuing the permit shall be transmitted to the Common Council.
(C) (1) When the application for a permit under this subchapter is approved by the Board of Public Works and Safety and by the Plan Commission, as provided in this subchapter, the permit shall not be issued or become effective unless and until the permit is ratified by the Common Council by ordinance, upon which a public hearing shall be held at a Common Council meeting after advertisement, as required by law.
(2) After advertisement, public hearing and ratification by ordinance, the Controller shall issue a permit setting out therein the name of the permittee and describe the substance to be hauled, deposited or dumped, the weight of the trucks when loaded and their route of travel and designate the place where the substances are to be deposited or dumped, by appropriate description, and the approximate amounts of the substances to be hauled, deposited or dumped, the material, amount and depth of the cover, if required, and all other details enumerated in division (B) above, and transmit a copy of the permit to the designated enforcement agencies.
(3) The City Controller shall retain a copy of the permit and application in a file available to public inspection for a time of not less than 3 years from date of issue.
(Prior Code, § 101.20) Penalty, see § 10.99