(a) The Director of Public Safety shall not issue a permit to any person for the shipment or transportation of those radioactive materials specified in this chapter, unless:
(1) There is an indication that the radioactive material is or will be containerized and packaged and that all warning labels are affixed to the outer container holding the radioactive material and that the motor vehicle transporting such material is in conformity with the regulations of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission or other related Federal or State agencies, regardless of whether the shipment is being made intracity, intrastate or interstate; and
(2) There is an indication that the shipment or transportation of radioactive materials is necessitated by urgent public policy or national security interests which transcend public safety and health concerns of the City.
For the purposes of this paragraph:
A. An "urgent public policy" shall include medical and educational interests.
B. An "urgent public policy" shall not include interests other than medical and educational interests, unless expressly authorized in writing by the United States Department of Transportation or by any other appropriate Federal or State agency whose authorization may be required by the Director of Public Safety. Such authorization shall state that the particular interest involved is, in the opinion of the agency, permitted by Federal or State regulations pertaining to the shipment or transportation of radioactive materials and that the interest involved justifies the apparent risks resulting from such shipment or transportation.
(b) Radioactive materials, which are permitted to be shipped or transferred through the City pursuant to this chapter, shall be shipped or transported through the City over such a route or at such a time of day as is consistent with the health, safety and welfare of the public and the convenience of the shipper or carrier, as the Safety Director of the City may direct.
(Ord. 1978-154. Passed 11-14-78.)