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HomeMy WebLinkAbout84-30 Concerning Underground Storage Tanks Containing Hazardous MaterialsORDINANCE NO. 84-30 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, CONCERNING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS CONTAINING HAZARDOUS MATFRIA S. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa finds and declares as follows: 1. The State of California recently enacted legislation for the inspection and regulation of the storage of hazardous substances in under- ground tanks and piping, now contained in Health and Safety Code Sections 25150.1 and 25280 through 25289. 2. These laws permit a city, by ordinance, to assume exclusive responsibility for implementation. 3. Substances hazardous to public health and safety and to the environment are stored, prior to use or disposal, in underground locations throughout the City of Costa Mesa. 4.. Underground tanks used for the storage of hazardous substances and wastes are potential sources of contamination of the ground and underlying aquifers and may pose other dangers to public health and the environment. 5. Several cases have been reported and confirmed of underground storage having resulted in undetected and uncontrolled releases of hazard- ous substances into the ground. These releases have contaminated public drinking water supplies and created a potential threat to public health and to the waters of the State. L 6. The City Council declares that it is in the public interest to establish a continuing program for the purpose of preventing contamination frau, and improper storage of, hazardous substances stored underground. 7. The City Council of the City of Costa Mesa desires that implemen- tation should begin immediately within the corporate limits of the City of Costa Mesa and that the program be administered by the Costa Mesa Fire Department. ACCORDINGLY, the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa hereby amends Title 7 of the Costa Mesa Municipal Code as hereinafter set forth: SECTION 2. 1. Add Section 7-61 to read: "Sec. 7-61. Amendments to Article 80 of Code, 'Hazardous Materials'. "Sec. 80-113, Storage of Hazardous Substances in Underground Tanks. The requirements of Assembly Bill No. 1362, enacted as Chapter 1046 of the 1983 Statutes, and codified as California Health and Safety Code Section 25150.1 and Sections 25280 through 25289 inclusive, and subse- quent amendments thereto, are hereby adopted by reference as the standards of the City of Costa Mesa for the underground storage of hazardous substances." "Sec. 80-114, Local Agency. For the purposes of administering and enforcing the provisions of Health and Safety Code Section 25150.1 and Sections 25280 through 25289, the City of Costa Mesa Fire Department, Fire Prevention Bureau, is designated as the local agency." "Sec. 80-115, Permit Fee. A schedule of fees for applications, inspections, and permits to store hazardous materials in an under- ground tank shall be established by Resolution of the City Council. - 2 - Such fees, plus any surcharge legislated by the State of California and permit and plan check fees required by the Uniform Building Code, shall be collected at the time of the application for permit." SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force thirty (30) days from and after the passage thereof, and prior to the expiration of fifteen (15) days from its passage shall be published once in the ORANGE COAST DAILY PILOT, a newspaper of general circulation, printed and published in the City of Costa Mesa or, in the alternative, the City Clerk may cause to be publisheda summary of this Ordinance and a certified copy of the text of this Ordinance shall be posted in the office of the City Clerk five (5) days prior to the date of adoption of this Ordinance, and within fifteen (15) days after adoption, the City Clerk shall cause to be published the aforementioned summary and shall post in the office of the City Clerk a certified copy of this Ordinance together with the names of the members of the City Council voting for and against the same. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of July, 19 Mayor of the Cit of Costa Mesa ATTEST: puty Ci4v Clerk of the City of Costa 'IF - 3 - APPROVED AS TO, FORM CITY ATTORNEY' STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss CITY OF COSTA MESA ) I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and fore- going Ordinance No. 84-30 was introduced and considered section by section at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 2nd day of July, 1984, and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 16th day of July, 1984, by the following roll call vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: / v_7x ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: -7t"-A- IN 7t tee_ IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the City of Costa Mesa this.;=17th- day ,of. July, 1984. - _ "—Cifty Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of e -'Crty Council of the City of Costa pesa i F - By: 1 > Deputy C' y Clerk - 4 - MJF