(A) The provisions of this chapter shall apply to any person or entity, including government entities, storing, treating, mixing, using or producing a significant quantity of a hazardous substance or substances within the corporate limits of the city.
(B) The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any person or entity, including government entities, storing hazardous substances within the corporate limits of the city for purposes of retail consumer sale or individual private use unless the environmental authority of the city determines that the storage presents a real or potential danger to the public health and safety and notifies the person or entity of that determination in writing.
(C) Any person or entity subject to the provisions of this chapter may, for valid reasons, request an exemption from any or all provisions thereof on a form provided by the environmental authority. The environmental authority may, in its sole discretion, grant the exemptions based on the information provided by the applicant if the environmental authority determines valid reasons for the exemptions exist and that there is no significant health or safety hazard present.
(1967 Code, § 8-29) (Ord. passed 7-11-1983)