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ORDINANCE NO. xx - 2022 <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 900 OF THE LINO LAKES CITY CODE, RELATING TO <br />NUSANCES, BY ADDING A NEW SECTION 905, CONCERNING STORAGE OF BULK DEICING <br />MATERIAL <br />The City Council of Lino Lakes Ordains: <br />Section 1. Chapter 900 of the Lino Lakes City Code is amended by adding a new section 905 as <br />follows: <br />905.01 FINDINGS <br />(1) The removal of snow and ice from roadways is essential to both public safety and to the local <br />economy and in order to protect the public safety, during and after winter storm events, the use <br />of pavement deicing chemicals is a widely accepted means of keeping roadways passable; and <br /> <br />(2) Pavement deicing is typically accomplished through the use of deicers which can be corrosive to <br />vehicles, roadway surfaces, and bridges and has been found to have adverse effects on the <br />surface waters, groundwater and to environmentally sensitive areas; and <br /> <br />(3) The restoration of surface and ground water quality and ecosystems in such areas can be very <br />difficult and costly, if not impossible to rehabilitate through reverse osmosis, once the events or <br />contamination occur; and <br /> <br />(4) Proper utilization and management of deicing materials is critical to ensure that the <br />environmental impacts of related practices are reduced to the maximum extent possible; and <br /> <br />(5) Negative environmental impacts may occur when salt and other deicers are not properly stored <br />and transported; and <br /> <br />(6) One of the primary sources of chloride entering the ground water is salt spillage that is either <br />plowed or washed from maintenance yards, unloading, and loading areas and it is necessary to <br />regulate all persons engaged in the storage and use of bulk deicing materials on their property <br />and elsewhere in order to reduce the costly impacts of such use to the surrounding vegetation, <br />surface water and ground water; and <br />905.02 DEFINITIONS <br />Definitions. For the purpose of this section the following words, terms, phrases, shall have the <br />meanings ascribed to them below. <br />Bulk Storage: means the storage of any deicing material (liquid or solid used for deicing during winter <br />conditions that is more than five tons in solid form (or 1,000 gallons in liquid form). <br /> <br />Deicer: means any substance used to melt snow and ice or used for its anti-icing effects. <br />905.03 APPLICABILITY