(A) Inspections. In order to ensure compliance with a license granted pursuant to this chapter and as a condition for the issuance of a license granted pursuant to this chapter, the applicant shall allow inspections at all reasonable times by officials and employees of the city or consultants or agents as the city deems appropriate.
(B) Ground water impacts. The City Council may require that any licensee construct and maintain, at the licensee’s sole expense, ground water monitoring wells on the premises and conduct tests to determine the impact the facility is having on the city’s ground water. Where appropriate, soil sampling may be required in place of or in addition to ground water monitoring. In determining whether to require monitoring wells, the Council shall:
(1) Evaluate the condition of the site, hazardous waste storage and disposal practices and evidence of spills or vehicle fluid drainage problems;
(2) Consider the specific geographic, topographical and other features of the operation as they pertain to the facilities’ potential to contaminating the city’s ground water; and
(3) Consider the professional recommendation of the City Engineer, or other qualified individual or firm as to the necessity or desirability of constructing monitoring wells and the frequency of required tests at the facility.
(C) Notification requirements.
(1) It is the duty of all licensees to notify the state’s Pollution Control Agency of any spill or discharge of a substance in accordance with M.S. § 115.061, as it may be amended from time to time.
(2) Any person holding a junk yard, motor vehicle salvage facility or recycling facility license from the city shall also report to the city, in writing, the type of spill or discharge, the time, date, location, cause and method of cleanup of any hazardous material spill reported to the state’s Pollution Control Agency.
(Prior Code, § 1100.15) (Ord. 2014-07, passed 5-21-2014)