Yucaipa Municipal Code Art. 6 Hazardous Waste (hw) Overlay District

§ 85.020601. Intent.

The Hazardous Waste (HW) Overlay District is created to accomplish the following.

(a) Ensure that hazardous waste facilities are sited in areas that protect public health, safety, welfare, and the environment.

(b) Buffer hazardous waste facilities so that incompatible uses cannot be permitted in the future.

(c) Identify permitted uses within the overlay.

(d) Outline the permit review procedures.

§ 85.020605. Locational requirements.

(a) The Hazardous Waste Overlay District shall be applied to those areas where a Hazardous Waste Facility is being approved concurrently.

(b) The Hazardous Waste Overlay District shall be designated by the symbol (HW) on the city of Yucaipa’s Official Land Use Plan.

(c) The Hazardous Waste Overlay District may most appropriately be located in the following land use district.

(1) Community Industrial (IC). This district is intended for treatment, incineration, recycling, storage, and transfer facilities. Incineration facilities shall not, however, be located in areas where emissions from the facility could directly impact food crops or livestock.

(d) Siting criteria for hazardous waste facilities. Refer to Table 5-2 of Chapter 5 of the City of Yucaipa Hazardous Waste Management Plan.

(e) A Risk Assessment evaluating a proposal for a Hazardous Waste Facility shall determine the appropriate location for the overlay district for the facility.

§ 85.020610. Development standards.

(a) Review procedures include State and County processes. The types of applications required for local evaluation of a specified hazardous waste facility proposal include both discretionary and ministerial permits. The required Yucaipa permits or processes include the following.

(1) General Plan Amendment to apply the Hazardous Waste (HW) Overlay District to the proposed site and respective buffer.

(2) Conditional use permit. Refer to Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Division 3 of this Title for the procedures for this permit.

(3) Special use permit. This permit is issued by the San Bernardino County Department of Environmental Health Services and is required as a condition of approval of the Conditional Use Permit.

(4) Ministerial Permits from the Yucaipa Office of Building and Safety for building, grading, flood control, etc. For a complete discussion of the local application review process, refer to Section 5.3.3 and Table 5-4 of Chapter 5 of the City of Yucaipa Hazardous Waste Management Plan.

(b) The following list of use classifications has been determined to be compatible with a hazardous waste facility. These use classifications are permitted within a HW Overlay District.

(1) Repair Services I, II and III.

(2) Open Lot Services I and II.

(3) Manufacturing Operations I and II.

(4) Wholesale/Warehouse Services I and II.

(5) Contract/Construction Services.

(6) Transportation Services I and II.

(7) Salvage Services.

(c) The following uses are specifically prohibited from the HW Overlay District.

(1) Residential uses of any type.

(2) Agricultural uses of any type.

(3) Facilities with a high concentration of people/immobile population such as schools, hospitals, auditoriums, amphitheaters, jails, etc.