[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Warwick 12-10-1980
by Ord. No. 80-3 (Ch. 77 of the 1973 Municipal Code).[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Zoning — See Ch. 164.
[1]
Editor's Note: A historical note which followed this chapter as included
in the 1973 Municipal Code stated that Sections 2, 3, 4, 5 of Ord. No. 80-3
were not included since not properly part of the Code, but that Section 4
contained special provisions in case of preemption by federal or state government.
The purpose of this chapter is to prohibit the exploration for fissionable
material, including the active reconnaissance phase and the extraction or
processing of fissionable source material.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Remote sensing techniques; introduction of explosives or chemicals
to a land or water area; surface mapping or surveying; or sample collections,
both those which involve and those which do not involve excavation or drilling
equipment, test borings, the use of explosives or the introduction of chemicals
to the land or water area.
The extraction or processing of fissionable source material, including
mining, milling or any other procedure connected with the extraction of such
material from the earth and the processing of such material for fuel for nuclear
fission reactors or weapons.
Mineral ore which is extracted or processed with the intention of
permitting the product to become or to be further processed into fuel for
nuclear fission reactors or weapons or which contains uranium in concentrations
which might reasonably be expected to permit economically profitable conversion
or processing into fuel for nuclear reactors or weapons.
The Town Board of the Town of Warwick finds, after hearing from experts
regarding the extraction and processing of fissionable source materials and
from the public, that to allow such extraction and processing to proceed in
the Town of Warwick would create a potential danger to the health and welfare
of the residents of the Town, and that the potential dangers include possible
radioactive contamination of the water supply and the lowering of the water
table and possible contamination of property and persons from "tailings" and
other waste products.
A.
Active reconnaissance, extraction and processing of fissionable
source materials are hereby prohibited in the Town of Warwick.
The Town of Warwick will seek injunctions to prevent the activities
prohibited by this chapter if such activities are undertaken by any party.
A violation of any provision of this chapter is punishable by a fine of not
more than $1,000 for each day of the violation or imprisonment for not more
than one year, or both.
