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• Salt-laden soil can lose its ability to retain water and store nutrients and be more prone <br />to erosion and sediment runoff (which also harms water quality). <br /> <br />• Pets – Salt can sicken pets who consume it, lick it off their paws, or drink salty snow <br />melt/runoff. It can also irritate their paw pads. <br /> <br />• Wildlife – Some birds, like finches and house sparrow, can die from ingesting deicing <br />salt. Some salt-sensitive species are particularly at risk. <br /> <br />• Infrastructure – Chloride corrodes road surfaces and bridge and damages reinforcing <br />rods, increasing maintenance and repair costs. <br /> <br />The draft ordinance establishes minimum requirements for the safe storage of deicer materials. <br />The requirements are applicable to all commercial, institutional and industrial properties in the <br />City. Typically, these are uses that have large parking areas and routinely use deicers as part of <br />their snow removal procedures. The threshold of 5 tons equates to approximately one dump <br />truck load of material. Staff is not aware of any facilities, other than public works, that has this <br />amount of deicer stored. Staff contacted one local construction company that had previously <br />provided winter snow removal services. They indicated they no longer provide those services <br />and do not stockpile salt on the property. <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION <br /> <br />Staff is recommending approval of the 1st Reading of Ordinance No. 02-23. <br /> <br />ATTACHMENTS <br /> <br />1. Ordinance No. 02-23