There is hereby created a fund (No. 975) known as the Oregon Hazardous Waste Landfill Environmental Protection Fund, which shall be the depository of all of the permit fee proceeds generated from this chapter. Such funds shall not be used for any general fund purpose of the City, but shall be restricted solely to an expenditure in order to protect the public health, safety and welfare of residents for expenses directly related to the operation of the hazardous waste landfill facility including but not limited to the following items: To provide sufficient funds in order to meet the specialized and local cost of the City resulting from the placement of hazardous wastes in such landfill in providing adequate fire protection; adequate police protection; proper monitoring of litter control of the trucks utilizing the roadways to the hazardous waste landfill; cost of road maintenance for the weight of the trucks utilizing safe roads to the hazardous waste landfill site; cost of necessary insurance premiums for liability insurance for the City for potential future claims against the City resulting from the operation of such hazardous waste landfill; the cost of engineering, legal and other professional services necessary to monitor the operation and results of the operation of the hazardous waste landfill site to ensure that all State and Federal regulations are being fully complied with; the cost of having scientific analysis of surface water and/or ground water contamination during the operation of the hazardous waste landfill; the cost of monitoring air pollution standards resulting from the operation of the hazardous waste landfill site, and other expenses directly related to the operation of such hazardous waste landfill. In the event that the Ohio Revised Code should be amended levying a fee or tax on hazardous waste or solid waste facilities or authorizing local governments to levy such a fee or tax and the proceeds of such fee or tax should go to the City for purposes similar to the purposes enumerated in this section, the permit fee established by this chapter shall be credited toward the payment of such fee or tax.
(Ord. 12-1984. Passed 1-23-84.)
(Ord. 12-1984. Passed 1-23-84.)