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<br /> <br />• Wildlife – Some birds, like finches and house sparrow, can die from ingesting <br />deicing salt. Some salt-sensitive species are particularly at risk. <br /> <br />• Infrastructure – Chloride corrodes road surfaces and bridge and damages <br />reinforcing rods, increasing maintenance and repair costs. <br /> <br />The draft ordinance establishes minimum requirements for the safe storage of deicer <br />materials. The requirements are applicable to all commercial, institutional and industrial <br />properties in the City. Typically, these are uses that have large parking areas and <br />routinely use deicers as part of their snow removal procedures. The threshold of 5 tons <br />equates to approximately one dump truck load of material. Staff is not aware of any <br />facilities, other than public works, that has this amount of deicer stored. However, there <br />may be construction and landscaping businesses, who perform winter snow removal, that <br />do meet this threshold. <br /> <br />The Environmental Board reviewed the proposal at their October 26, 2022 and <br />recommended sending out a survey to area businesses to provide awareness and collect <br />input on the pending ordinance. <br /> <br />Staff is anticipating bringing the item back for City Council consideration in January. <br /> <br />Requested Council Direction <br /> <br />None required. Discussion only. <br /> <br />Attachments <br /> <br />1. Draft Ordinance <br />