In addition to the definitions set forth and applicable to the zoning and licensing ordinances and regulations of the county, the Town of Stockholm, the Town of Pepin, the Village of Stockholm, the Village of Pepin and Chapter 19 of the Pepin County Code of Ordinances (the Mississippi River Bluffland Zoning Code), the following definitions also apply to the terms used in this chapter.
FRAC SAND OPERATION. Any mining operation, any processing facility, and any transfer and/or loading operation or facility for the transport by truck, rail, or barge of industrial silica sand intended for use or sale as hydraulic fracture grade silica sand used in the exploration, drilling, production, and recovery of oil and gas.
GREAT RIVER ROAD/NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAY. The portion of GRR/NSB on State Highway 35 in the county and the corridor through which it passes.
HIGH-IMPACT INDUSTRIAL OR COMMERCIAL OPERATION. Any business, including frac sand operations, that involves more than 50-truck trips, as defined in this section, in any given day.
TRUCK TRIPS. Trucks with a gross vehicle weight rating, or actual gross weight, in excess of 50,000 pounds traveling on the GRR/NSB in the county.
(Ord. passed 3-10-2014)