§ 46-65. Requirements for operations and operational plan.

Each new applicant for a landfill or other waste disposal permit shall submit an operational plan which shall include:

(1)

The date proposed for the commencement of the operation and its expected duration.

(2)

The proposed hours and days of operation. No operation shall be permitted on Sundays, New Year's Day, Independence Day, (July 4), Thanksgiving Day, or Christmas Day, nor shall such operation be allowed between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., although routine maintenance is not prohibited.

(3)

Any phasing of the landfill or waste disposal system and the relationship between the phases and the estimated timing of such.

(4)

A detailed description of the method of operation, including what equipment will be used.

(5)

A statement of operational standards, which shall include and indicate compliance with the following:

a.

Illumination. All work areas shall be sufficiently illuminated, naturally or artificially, in accordance with the form of the operation and the stated hours of operation. No direct artificial illumination utilized shall fall upon any land not covered by the application. This subsection does not apply to street lights.

b.

Noise. There shall be no blasting for construction or other purposes.

c.

Erosion. Erosion caused by, or increased through, the operation shall be controlled on site by the construction of retaining basins, settling ponds, other water treatment facilities, ditches, diking and revegetation of slopes. No runoff or pattern of erosion shall pose a danger to adjacent properties.

d.

Enclosure. The landfill or waste disposal system site shall be totally enclosed by fencing. The term "fencing" means a minimum of six-foot chainlink fence with a security gate. Fencing shall completely surround the landfill or waste disposal system site prior to commencing landfilling. The landfill or waste disposal system shall be fenced in such a manner as to prevent the spread of papers and other materials and shall be screened and planted so that it is not visible from any residential, commercial or industrial structure or from any street. Gates shall be provided at all points of vehicular or pedestrian ingress and egress and shall be locked when not in regular use.

e.

Notices. Notices shall be posted at regular intervals along the outer limits of the subject property which shall warn against trespassing.

(Ord. of 2-11-1992, § 1(F))