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<br />MRY-e2-2011l3 12' 29 <br /> <br />LEAGUE IF m CITIES <br /> <br />P.I6/25 <br /> <br />VIIL my OF NQRTHFlELD CLANDESTINE DRUG lAB ORDINANCE ~* 22-<101 <br />THR.OUGH 22-215 <br /> <br />ARTICLE V. CLEANUP OF CLANDESTINE DRUG LAB SITES AND <br />CHEMICAL DUMP SITES <br /> <br />S~C. 22-201. General provisions. <br /><a) Purpose and iIIuml. The plUpO&e of this article is to reduce public exposure to ~tb risks wMre law <br />enforceme;nl officen have de=ined lbar haurdoua chemicals or residue from a suspected clandestlne <br />drug lab site or associated dump .it. may exis~ Pro...sional rtport$. based on Msessments, le5~ and <br />inveotiplions, .how that chemical.s used in the productiOll of illicit drugs can condeooe, penetraw, and <br />contaminate S1.lrf"""., filIlri$hings, and eqUipmel11 of $utrOundlng strUCtures. The city 00=11 fin<;l$ tbat <br />such .;(OS, and the personal property within snch sites, may contain mspeoted chemicals llIld ....idu.. thlIt <br />place people, particularly children or adullS of child beuini ~e, at risk when exposed throogh inhabiting <br />or visiting tl1e site or using Qr being expo.ed to COIltamiaated personal property. <br /> <br />(b) interpretation and application. In the interpretlrticn llIld opplication of this article, tbe provioio", <br />herein shall be COIl8tn.led to protect the public b~1h, .dety and weIr;"". Whe,e the conditions imposed by <br />any provi,ion oflhis artIc!e are eilher more or less restrictive to the public than comparable ptoli!sion. <br />imposed by any other law, ordinance, statute, or regulation of any kind, the regulations which an: more <br />restrictive or which impcse hiiher sWldardo 0' requiremonts on the publie .hall preVllil. Should any eourt <br />of competent juri.diction declare any "",tion or subpart of this wele to be invalid, such decision ,hall no' <br />affect lbe validity of the article as a whole or any part ihereof, other 1haIl the provision declared invalid. <br />(Ord. No. 767, 5-20-2002) <br /> <br />Sec. 22-202. Definitions. <br />For thepmpos.. of this article, the following \I:rmS or words shall be in~ted as follows: <br /> <br />Child ~helI me81t any person less dlan 18 yeor$ of age. <br /> <br />Cllemical dump site shall mean any place or uta where chemicals or otller waste materials used in a <br />clandesline drug lab opotation bAve been located. <br /> <br />City sha11 mean the Cily ofNorthfiekl. <br /> <br />Clandestine d/".tg lab opera/Ion shall me;m lbe unlawful manufactu,e or ottempt to manufacture a <br />controlled substance. <br /> <br />Cklndestine drug lab site shall mean any place or lIlca where law enforcement has dct<:rrnined thai <br />conditions associated with an unlawful clandestine drug lab opemtion exist A clandestine drug lab si1e may <br />iDclude dwellinis, acceS$ory buildings, str1lctu:.. or tUlits. a ehemical dump site, . vehicle. boat, trniler or <br />other Qppliance or lWy other area or localion. <br /> <br />Contl'olled su/H/tIrrce shall meon an}' drug, sub. tall.. or imm=diatc Jll"C'l'"OT in Minn. Slat. ~ 152.02 <br />Schetiul.. I throngh V together willi any amendmenlo or modifications thereto. The tcnn shall not inelude <br />distilled spirits, wine, malt beverages, inlOxioatlng liquors or tobaoeo. <br /> <br />Household hazardous w""'''' ,ball mean waste generated from a clandestine drug lab operation. <br /> <br />- 13 - <br /> <br />l <br />