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<br /> . <br /> . CITY OF ARDEN HILLS <br /> COUNTY OF RAMSEY <br /> STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> ORDINANCE NO. 354 <br /> AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO CLANDESTINE DRUG LAB SITES <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 /> Section 650, Clandestine Dru!! Lab Sites <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 /> 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 /> 650.11 Interpretation and Application. The provisions of this Chapter 650 shall be interpreted <br /> and applied as tbe 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 /> 650.12 Defiuitions <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 /> (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 /> (C) Clandestine drUg lab operation. The unlawful manufacture, or attempt to <br /> manufacture, a controlled substanee(s). <br /> . <br /> ------------ <br />