A. Requests for site approval shall be filed in the office of the city clerk. Upon receipt of any such request, the city clerk shall date stamp same and immediately deliver one copy of the request to the Mayor. A copy should also go to the clerk of each municipality within one and one-half miles of the proposed facility.
B. Requests for site approval shall include the following:
(1) A written petition and ten copies thereof on 8-1/2 x 11 paper which sets forth:
(a) The name and address of the applicant of the proposed site (if the proposed site is owned in trust, the name and address of the beneficiaries),
(b) The legal description of the proposed site and a street address or description of the proposed site's location,
(c) The nature and size of the development,
(d) The nature of activity proposed,
(e) The probable life of the proposed activity,
(f) The expected types of hazardous, nonhazardousand special wastes, including the generation of the waste,
(g) The monitoring plans, including background analysis for ground water, surface water and air,
(h) A plan to preclude acceptance of unauthorized materials by the facility,
(i) Reasons supporting approval of the application based on the nine criteria established by "An Act Related to the Location of Sanitary Landfills and Hazardous Waste Disposal Sites", ILCS Ch. 415, Act 5, § 39.2. The nine criteria are as follows:
1. The facility is necessary to accommodate the waste needs of the area it is intended to serve.
2. The facility is so designed, located and proposed to be operated that the public health, safety and welfare will be protected.
3. The facility is located so as to minimize incompatibility with the character of the surrounding area and to minimize the effect on the value of the surrounding property.
4. The facility is located outside the boundary of the one hundred year flood plain.
5. The plan of operations for the facility is designed to minimize the damage to the surrounding area from fire, spills or other operational accidents.
6. The traffic patterns to or from the facility are so designed as to minimize the impact on existing traffic flows.
7. If the facility will be treating, storing, or disposing of hazardous waste, an emergency response plan exists for the facility which includes notification, containment and evacuation procedures to be used in case of an accidental release.
8. If the facility is to be located in a county where the county board has adopted a solid waste management plan, the facility is consistent with that plan.
9. If the facility will be located within a regulated recharge area, any applicable requirements specified by the board for such areas have been met.
(2) Copies of all documents submitted to the Illinois environmental protection agency in connection with the applicant's application for (Illinois environmental protection agency) permits for siting approval.
(Ord. 93-16 § III, 1992)