Angels Camp Municipal Code Ch. 8.40 Hazardous Waste Management

A. Calaveras County has adopted a County Hazardous Waste Management Plan (hereinafter called "CHWMP") as required by Assembly Bill 2948 (Tanner, 1986), which included the city of Angels and was approved by the State Department of Health Services. The goal of the city of Angels is to be consistent with the CHWMP and Senate Bill 477 (Greene, 1987). Therefore, the city of Angels adopts said plan by reference and incorporates it into the general plan of the city of Angels.

B. The city of Angels general plan states:

1. This general plan attempts to fully express the community’s attitudes towards
preserving the rural aspects of the city, thus maintaining a unique and high quality of
life.

2. The entire area for the project (general plan) includes the city and its sphere of
influence. Although primary planning consideration is for the area within the city
limits, consideration has been made for future planning within the sphere.

a. Goal: Promote a healthy balance of commercial, industrial and residential
development to maintain a viable economy within the city.

b. Policy: Light industry is not to disrupt community and cause environmental
problems or overuse services.

c. Policy: Actively promote (low polluting) industry to provide local employment
opportunity, such as wholesale distributors and warehousing.

d. Policy: New commercial development shall be contiguous to existing core
commercial development.
(Ord. 311 §§ 1, 2, 1991)

The city of Angels shall base its decisions on the following findings:

A. All applicable zoning, subdivision, conditional use permit and variance decisions shall be
consistent with the CHWMP, including but not limited to Section 4.2 Sitting Criteria for
Off-Site Facilities.

B. Section 4.2(c) of the CHWMP states that "no facility shall be located within the city of
Angels sphere of influence, community plan area, scenic highway plan area, community
centers, residential centers and future single family areas as defined by the Calaveras
County general plan." (Source: study of state hazardous waste facility sitting criteria,
prepared by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency prepared by Temple, Barker and
Sloane, Inc., found that many states prohibit the development of hazardous waste facilities
near or within developed areas).

C. The city of Angels general plan depicts both the city and its sphere of influence as
concurrent planning areas, and the sphere of influence is specifically excluded from hazardous waste facility development in the CHWMP. The city of Angels represents the
more intensive planning and development area; therefore, the present city limits may
disqualify as suitable area for facility sitting under the sitting criteria of Section 4.2 of the
CHWMP.

D. Applications for a transfer station or other hazardous waste facility shall demonstrate
ownership of all impacted property as identified in the sitting criteria, Section 4.2 of the
CHWMP, for such hazardous waste facilities.
(Ord. 311 § 3, 1991)