This chapter is enacted to protect the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the City by generating funds not for general revenue purposes but for the sole purpose of producing sufficient funds to monitor ground water and surface water contamination; to provide funds to monitor air pollution standards; to provide funds for road maintenance for hazardous waste transportation to such sites; to provide funds for the extraordinary expenses of police and fire protection to monitor the disposal of hazardous wastes; to provide funds necessary for insurance premiums for liability insurance for the City for potential future claims against the City resulting from the operation of hazardous waste landfills; to provide funds for engineering, legal and other professional services necessary to monitor the operation and results of the hazardous waste landfills to ensure that all State and Federal regulations are being complied with; and to provide funds for other expenses directly related to monitoring the operation of hazardous waste landfill sites.
A further purpose of this chapter is to meet the variety and complexity of problems relating to water, air and land pollution in the City affected by any hazardous waste landfill facility and to achieve a reasonable degree of purity of water, air and land resources within the City consistent with the maximum enjoyment and use thereof in furtherance of the health, safety and welfare of the residents, as the same might be affected by local conditions because of the contiguous land located in the City adjacent to a hazardous waste landfill facility and other areas that are within the surrounding proximity of such hazardous waste landfill facility that might be affected by the operation of the hazardous waste landfill facility.
(Ord. 83-4. Passed 2-10-83. )