(a) For purposes of this section, "solid waste disposal facility" includes, but is not necessarily limited to: a medical waste or toxic waste disposal facility; a medical waste or toxic waste landfill or dump; a medical waste or toxic waste transfer station; a medical waste or toxic waste treatment facility; or similar facilities.
Notwithstanding any provisions in the preceding sentence to the contrary, for purposes of this section "solid waste disposal facility" does not include any municipal solid waste recycling facility, any municipal solid waste processing facility, any municipal solid waste material recovery facility, any municipal solid waste transfer station or any municipal solid waste disposal or treatment facility or site which would enhance the operation of the City's Sanitation Department and which would otherwise be lawful. Notwithstanding any provisions in this section to the contrary, for purposes of this section "solid waste disposal facility" does not also include any medical waste disposal or treatment facility which will dispose of or treat only medical waste generated on the same premises as the facility.
(Ord. 10568/93. Passed 9-22-93.)
(b) Notwithstanding any provisions within these Codified Ordinances to the contrary no solid waste disposal facility shall be constructed within the corporate limits of the City, and any such construction is hereby expressly prohibited.
(c) The lawful use of any building, structure, land or premises as a solid waste disposal facility at the time of the effective date of this section constitutes a nonconforming use and may be continued as a nonconforming use. No solid waste disposal facility lawfully existing at the time of the effective date of this section shall be expanded, and any such expansion is hereby expressly prohibited.
(Ord. 10153/90. Passed 7-11-90.)