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<br />'. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />CITY OF ARDEN HILLS <br />COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. 354 <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO CLANDESTINE DRUG LAB SITES <br /> <br />The Arden Hills City Council ordains that Chapter 650 is hereby added to the Arden Hills <br />Municipal Code, to read as follows: <br /> <br />Section 650, Clandestine Dru!! Lab Sites <br /> <br />650.10 Purpose and Intent. The purpose of Chapter 650 is to protect public health, safety and <br />welfare, and reduce public exposure to health risks where law enforcement authorities <br />have determined that hazardous chemicals from a suspected clandestine lab site or <br />associated dumpsite may exist, The City Council finds that such sites may contain <br />hazardous chemicals, substances, or residues that place people, particularly children or <br />women of child-bearing age, at risk of exposure through inhabiting or visiting the site or <br />being exposed to contaminated personal property, <br /> <br />Chemicals used in the production of illicit drugs can condense, penetrate and contaminate <br />surfaces, furnishings, and equipment of surrounding structures, These conditions present <br />health and safety risks to occupants and visitors of structures through fire, explosion, skin <br />and respiratory exposure to chemicals, <br /> <br />650.11 Interpretation and Application. The provisions of this Chapter 650 shall be interpreted <br />and applied as the minimum requirements necessary to protect public health, safety and <br />welfare. Where conditions imposed by any provision of this Chapter 650 are either more <br />or less restrictive than comparable provisions imposed by any other law, ordinance, <br />statute, or regulation of any kind, the regulations which are more restrictive or which <br />impose higher standards or requirements shall prevaiL <br /> <br />650.12 Definitions <br /> <br />(A) Chemical Dump Site, Any place or location where chemicals and/or other <br />hazardous waste material used in a clandestine drug lab have been deposited. <br /> <br />(B) Chemical investigation site. A Clandestine drug lab site that is under notice and <br />order for cleanup and/or remediation as a public health nuisance, and this Chapter <br />650. <br /> <br />(C) Clandestine drug lab operation. The unlawful manufacture, or attempt to <br />manufacture, a controlled substance(s). <br />