HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 6026 12/02/2002
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ORDINANCE NO. 6026
(General)
AN ORDINANCE REGARDING AIR POLLUTION AND AMENDING CHAPTER 4, SECTION
4.500 "LANE REGIONAL AIR POLLUTION AUTHORITY", AMENDING SECTION 4.506
"DEFINITIONS", AND AMENDING SECTION 4.508 "PROHIBITIONS" OF THE
SPRINGFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE.
The City of springfield, Oregon, does ordain as follows:
Section 1:
section 4.506 "Definitions" of the Springfield Municipal Code is
hereby amended to add the following definitions:
"Opacity". The degree to which an emission reduces transmission
of light or obscures the view of an object in the backgrouna.
"PM2.5". Solid or liquid particulate matter (excluding
uncombined water) with an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal
to 2.5 micrometers.
Section 2:
section 4.506 "Definitions" of the Springfield Municipal Code is
hereby amended to amend and add the following definitions:
"Green Advisory. A 24-hour period beginning at 4:00 p.m. when
PM10 levels are forecast by LRAPA to be less than 100 micrograms
per cubic meter and PM2.5 levels are forecast to be less than 41
micrograms per cubic meter."
"Yellow Advisory. A 24-hour period beginning at 4:00 p.m. when
PM10 levels are forecast by LRAPA to be greater than or equal to
100 micrograms per cubic meter but less than 125 micrograms per
cubic meter, or when PM2.5 levels are forecast to be greater than
or equal to 41 micrograms per cubic meter but less than 55
micrograms per cubic meter."
"Stage I Red Advisory. A 24-hour period beginning at 4:00 p.m.
when PM10 levels are forecast by LRAPA to be greater than or
equal to 125 micrograms per cubic meter but less than 150
micrograms per cubic meter, or when PM2.5 levels are forecast by
LRAPA to be greater than or equal to 55 micrograms per cubic
meter but less than 65 micrograms per cubic meter, within the
Eugene/Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan Urban Growth
Boundary."
"Stage II Red Advisory. A 24-hour period beginning at 4:00 p.m.
when PM10 levels are forecast by LRAPA to be greater than or
equal to 150 micrograms per cubic meter, or when PM2.5 levels are
forecast by LRAPA to be greater than or equal to 65 micrograms
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per cubic meter, within the Eu~ene/Springfield Metropolitan Area
General Plan Urban Growth Boundary."
4It section 3:
Section 4.508 "Prohibitions" of the Springfield Municipal Code is
hereby amended by the addition of subsections (3) and (4) as follows:
"(3) No person in charge of property shall at any time allow to
be initiated or maintained in a solid-fuel space-heating
device the burning of any plastics, wire insulation,
petroleum by-products, petroleum-treated materials, rubber
products, animal remains, or animal or vegetable matter
resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking or service
of food, or of any other material which normally emits dense
smoke, noxious odors, or hazardous air contaminants. This
section does not prohibit use of natural gas fuels to light
solid fuels."
"(4) During a green or yellow advisory, no person in charge of
property shall operate or allow to be operated a solid-fuel
space-heating device which discharges emissions that are of
an opacity greater than forty (40) percent. This provision
does not apply to the emissions during the building of a new
fire, for a period or periods aggregating no more than ten
(10) minutes in any four(4)-hour period."
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Section 4:
Except as specifically amended herein all other terms and
conditions of Springfield Municipal Code Section 4.506 and 4.508 shall
remain in full force and effect.
Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Springfield this 2nd day
of December, 2002 by a vote of ~ in favor ~ against.
Approved by the Mayor of the
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City of Springfield this 2nd day of
ATTEST:
REVIEWED & APPROVED
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OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY
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