(a) The purpose of this chapter is to require all proposals for new or expanded hazardous waste facilities to comply with certain siting criteria, contained in the Santa Clara County Hazardous Waste Management Plan, in order to assure compatibility with neighboring land uses, adequate mitigation for any identified environmental impacts, and consistency with the city's Comprehensive Plan and zoning and the county hazardous waste management plan.
(b) This chapter shall apply to any proposal for a new or expanded hazardous waste facility.
(c) No new hazardous waste facility shall be constructed or established, nor shall any existing such facility be expanded, unless such facility is located in a hazardous waste facility (HW) combining district.
(Ord. 4286 § 2 (part), 1995)
The following words and phrases, whenever used in this chapter, shall be construed as defined in this section:
(a) "Hazardous waste" means a waste as defined in California Health and Safety Code Section 25117.
(b) "Hazardous waste facility" means a facility, as defined in California Health and Safety Code Section 25117.1, which accepts hazardous wastes that are generated at another location (i.e. off-site) and serves more than one producer of hazardous waste. Types of such facilities include, but are not limited to:
(1) Treatment facilities, which absorb, precipitate, recycle, resource recover, neutralize, distill, stabilize, and/or incinerate the wastes;
(2) Transfer and storage facilities, which provide a location for collecting and consolidating wastes prior to treatment; and
(3) Residuals repositories, which are specially designed, long-term disposal sites for residuals from treated wastes.
(Ord. 4286 § 2 (part), 1995)
The hazardous waste facility (HW) combining district is intended to provide a mechanism for application for the siting criteria contained in the county hazardous waste management plan to all applications for a new or expanded hazardous waste facility. The hazardous waste facility (HW) combining district may be combined with the LM District in the Stanford Research Park, in accord with Chapters 18.08 and 18.80 of this title.
(Ord. 4286 § 2 (part), 1995)
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