Ordinance - 1507ORDINANCE NO. Prb 7
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
-WEST COVINA. ADDING ARTICLE VII TO CHAPTER 15
OF THE WEST-COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO
THE DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS WASTES FROM ABANDONED
DUMPSITES (EMERGENCY ORDINANCE)
WHEREAS the State of'California has embarked on a °
program to clean up abandoned dumpsites which contain hazardous
waste; and
WHEREAS an estimated 100 to 150 such abandoned sites
exist in the Southern California.area; and
WHEREAS`a program to clean up an abandoned dump site
in Southern California known as "McCall Site" is presently before
the State Legislature; and
WHEREAS the State has failed to establish adequate
disposal sites for disposal of such hazardous wastes from aban-
doned dump sites; and
WHEREAS it appears that unless the State immediately
establishes and provides for adequate landfill sites to handle the
disposal of such hazardous wastes that the BKK Sanitary Landfill
in the City of West Covina will become the receiver of large quanti-
ties of these hazardous wastes emanating from abandoned dump sites;
and
• WHEREAS it is inequitable for the City of West Covina
to bear the burden of receiving hazardous wastes from all the aban-
doned dump sites in the whole of Southern California; and
WHEREAS the citizens of the City of West Covina have
expressed strong concern and objections over such hazardous wastes
being transported to and disposed of in the City of West Covina,
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of West
Covina does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 15 of the West Covina Municipal Code
is hereby amended by the addition thereto.of a new Article VII to
read as follows:
ARTICLE VII
DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS WASTES FROM ABANDONED DUMP
SITES
Section 15-150. Disposal of Hazardous Wastes from Abandoned
. Sites Prohibited.
Hazardous. waste, as defined in the State Hazardous Waste Control
Act and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto, originating from
any abandoned dump site or any other disposal site not presently
authorized to receive said hazardous waste, shall not be disposed
of, at, or in any sanitary landfill within the City of West Covina.
SECTION 2. This ordinance is passed and adopted by
a four -fifths (4/5) vote of the City Council as an emergency ordi-
nance, pursuant�to. the provisions of Government Code 36937, for
the immediate preservation of the=public..peace, health, or safety
in that the transportation and disposal of large quantities of
hazardous wastes from abandoned dump sites presents serious poten-
tial health threats to the citizens of West Covina since hazardous
wastes transferred from abandoned dump sites may contain unidenti-
fied chemicals which alone or in combination may be injurious to
the health and safety of the citizens and that further the trans-
fer of large quantities of hazardous materials from abandoned dump
sites to the.EKK Landfill site in the City will require increased
truck loads .of hazardous waste materials.on and over the streets
of the City, thus creating a greater potential safety hazard and
increased likelihood of spills of hazardous waste, and that further
the technology for the disposal of large quantities of hazardous
waste from abandoned dump sites in urban areas is insufficient to
insure no adverse health effects on the .citizens of West Covina.
SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, sentence,
clause, phrase, or word of this ordinance is for any reason held
to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this
ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have
passed and adopted this ordinance and each and all provisions there-
of irrespective of the fact that any one or more of such provisions
be declared invalid.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the
adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the same to be published
• as required by law.
Passed and approved this 27 day of April, 1981.
ATTEST:
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Mayor
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS.
CITY OF WEST COVINA )
• I, City Clerk of the City of West Covina, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1507 was
adopted on the 27th day of April, 1981, at an adjourned regular
meeting of the City Council, by the following four -fifths (4/5)
vote, to wit:
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AYES: COUNCILMEN Bacon, Tennant, Chappell, Tice, Shearer
NOES: COUNCILMEN None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN None
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CITY CLE&W
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney
I, HELENE M. MOONEY, City Clerk of the City of blest Covina, do
hereby certify that Ordinance No. 1507 was adopted by a second reading
at the regular meeting of the City Council of hest Covina held on May 11,
1981, by the following vote of the Council, to wit:
AYES: Bacon, Chappell, Tice, Shearer
NOES: None
ABSENT: Tennant
City Clerk�-
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C E R T I F I C A ,r I O N
State of California. )
County of Los Angeles ) ss.
City of west Covina. )
I, JANET BERRY, Deputy City Clerk of the City of
West Covina., State of California., do hereby certify
that a true and accurate. copy of Ordinance No.
was published, pursuant to law, in the west Covina.
Tribune, a newspaper of general circulation published
and circulated in the City of west Covina..
Dated 3�
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Janet Berry, Depu ity Clerk
City of west Covina, California