(a) A permit issued by the County Director of Health or his designated representative shall be required for the shipping or transportation of the following radioactive materials by motor vehicle into, within, through or out of the City:
(1) Plutonium isotopes in any quantity and form exceeding two grams or twenty curies, whichever is less; and
(2) Uranium enriched in the isotope U-235 exceeding twenty-five atomic per cent of the total uranium content in quantities where the U-235 content exceeds one kilogram.
(b) The permit required by subsection (a) hereof shall not be required when:
(1) There is a showing that the radioactive material has been or will be con tainerized and packaged, with all warning labels affixed to the outer container holding the radioactive material and the motor vehicle transporting such material, in conformity with the regulations of the United States Department of Transportation, United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission or other related Federal or State agencies regardless of whether the shipment is being made intracity, intrastate or interstate; and
(2) There is a showing that the shipment or transportation of radioactive materials is necessitated by urgent public policy or national security interests transcending public safety and health concerns of the City. For the purposes of this paragraph an "urgent public policy" includes medical and educational interests but does not include interests other than medical and educational interests unless expressly authorized in writing by the United States Department of Transportation or any other appropriate Federal or State agency which may be required by the County Director of Health or his designated representative. Such authorization shall state that the particular interest involved is, in the opinion of the agency, permitted by Federal or State regulations pertaining to the shipment or transportation of radioactive materials and that the interest involved justifies the apparent risks resulting from such shipment or transportation.
(c) Radioactive materials that are permitted to be shipped or transferred through the City pursuant to this chapter shall be shipped or transported through the City over such route or routes, or at such time or times of the day, that are consistent with the public health, safety and welfare and the convenience of the shipper or carrier, as the County Director of Health or his designated representative may direct.
(d) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. Punishment shall be as provided in Section 408.01.
(Ord. 1978-180. Passed 9-18-78.)
(Ord. 1978-180. Passed 9-18-78.)