(a) For purposes of this section, the language "solid waste disposal facility" includes, but is not necessarily limited to: a solid waste, medical waste or toxic waste disposal facility, a solid waste, medical waste or toxic waste treatment facility; or similar facilities, and including but not limited to contaminated soils disposal sites and incinerators. Notwithstanding any language "solid waste disposal facility" does not include: any solid waste transfer station, or similar facility, to be constructed by, and operated by, a political subdivision of the State of Ohio; any medical waste disposal facility which will dispose of only medical waste generated on the same premises as the disposal facility; or any medical waste treatment facility which will treat only medical waste generated on the same premises as the treatment facility.
(b) Notwithstanding any provisions within these Codified Ordinances to the contrary no solid waste disposal facility shall be constructed within the corporate limits of the City, and any such construction is hereby expressly prohibited.
(c) The lawful use of any building, structure, land or premises as a solid waste disposal facility at the time of the effective date of this section constitutes a non-conforming use and may be continued as a nonconforming use. No solid waste disposal facility lawfully existing at the time of the effective date of this section shall be expanded, and any such expansion is hereby expressly prohibited.
(Ord. 216. Passed 12-7-92.)