[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of
the City of Weyauwega 5-21-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-01 as Title 7, Ch. 8
of the 2001 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter is adopted pursuant to § 295.14,
Wis. Stats., which is adopted by reference and made a part of this
chapter as if fully set forth herein.
The terms used in this chapter shall be defined
as provided in § 295.11, Wis. Stats.
This chapter shall apply to any portion of a
nonmetallic mining site, including unreclaimed portions of a site
which were mined prior to the effective date of this chapter.
This chapter shall not apply to the following
activities:
A.
Excavations or grading by a person solely for domestic
use at his or her residence.
B.
Excavations or grading conducted for highway construction
purposes within the highway right-of-way.
C.
Grading conducted for farming, preparing a construction
site or restoring land following a flood or natural disaster.
D.
Excavations for building construction purposes.
E.
Any mining operation, the reclamation of which is
required in a permit obtained under Ch. 293, Wis. Stats.
F.
Any activities conducted at a solid or hazardous waste
disposal site required to prepare, operate or close a solid waste
disposal facility under Subchapters II to IV of Ch. 289, Wis. Stats.,
or a hazardous waste disposal facility under Ch. 291, Wis. Stats.,
but a nonmetallic mining reclamation ordinance may apply to activities
related to solid or hazardous waste disposal which are conducted at
a nonmetallic site separate from the solid or hazardous waste disposal
facility, such as activities to obtain nonmetallic minerals to be
used for lining, capping, covering or constructing berms, dikes or
roads.
A.
Permit required. No person shall operate any nonmetallic
mining site or operation within the City unless he/she obtains a nonmetallic
mining permit from the City Council. The fee for such permit shall
be as set by the City Council, plus any actual City administrative
expenses, payable by certified check.[1] Operators of existing nonmetallic mining operations shall
apply for such permit within 30 days of the effective date of this
chapter.
B.
Required permit information. An application for a
nonmetallic mining permit shall be submitted by the operator and shall
include:
(1)
An adequate description of the operation, including
a legal description of the property;
(2)
A plan of the site showing the proposed and existing
roads and drives and the sources, quantity and disposition of water
to be used, if any;
(3)
Estimated dates for completion of the extraction and
commencement and completion dates for the reclamation;
(4)
A reclamation plan and such other information as may
be necessary to determine the nature of the operation and the effect
on the surrounding area;
(5)
Methods of screening from adjacent properties;
(6)
Hours of operation;
(7)
Dust and noise control;
(8)
Maximum depth;
(9)
Blasting procedures;
(10)
Location and height of stockpiles; and
(11)
Such other information the City Council deems
pertinent to the operation.
C.
Reclamation plan. The reclamation plan shall contain
adequate provision that:
(1)
All final slopes around the area be flatter than a
three-to-one horizontal slope in a sand, gravel or borrow pit operation
or a safe angle of repose in a quarrying operation.
(2)
Excavations below the grade of the nearest abutting
public street or highway shall be set back from the street or highway
a distance not less than that required for buildings and structures
in the same zoning district.
(3)
Excavations made to a water-producing depth shall
be not less than three feet measured from the low-water mark.
(4)
All final slopes shall be covered with adequate topsoil
and seeded to prevent erosion.
(5)
The plan shall require that, after completion of the
anticipated operation, the area shall be cleared of all debris and
be left in a workmanlike condition, subject to the approval of the
City Council.
(6)
There is a timetable for completion of various stages
of reclamation of the nonmetallic mining site.
D.
Applications. All applications for a license hereunder
shall be made in writing upon the written form provided by the City
and distributed by the City Administrator. All applications for permits
hereunder shall be signed by the applicant and filed with the City
Administrator at least 60 days prior to the licensing period. The
City Administrator shall immediately refer all applications for a
license hereunder to the City Council for public hearing and approval.
The operator shall receive written notice of the public hearing. The
license shall be for a period of time as stated in the application
or as modified by the Council. Modification of the application or
reclamation plan may be permitted or additional conditions may be
required upon application. The Council shall consider the effect of
the operation and the proposed reclamation upon existing and future
conditions, including streets, neighboring land development, land
use drainage, water supply, water pollution, air pollution, soil erosion,
natural beauty and land value of the locality. The Council may approve,
approve conditionally or reject the application and reclamation plan.
E.
Financial assurance.
(1)
Before a license and reclamation plan are approved
by the City Council, the operator shall submit an agreement and performance
bond or cash escrow agreement to assure the following:
(a)
The operator shall pay for the cost of all improvements required
in the reclamation plan by the City Council.
(b)
Guaranteed completion of the required reclamation within a period
determined by the Council.
(c)
Payment by the operator for all costs incurred by the City for review
and inspection. This would include preparation and review of plans
and specifications by the City Engineer and Attorney, as well as other
costs of a similar nature.
(2)
The City may elect to have stages of the reclamation
plan performed under the terms of a cash escrow agreement.
(3)
The required performance bond or cash escrow agreement
shall be equal to 1 1/4 times the City Engineer's estimated cost of
the required improvements.
(4)
If the required reclamation is not complete within
the designated period, all amounts held under the escrow agreement
or performance bond shall be turned over and delivered to the City
and applied to the cost of the required reclamation. Any balance remaining
after such reclamation has been done shall be returned to the operator.
The City Council, at its option, may extend the bond period for additional
periods.
F.
Fences. Prior to reclamation, nonmetallic mining sites
abutting areas zoned residential shall be enclosed by a security fence
of not less than four feet in height. Fence gates shall be locked
or secured when the site is unattended so as to prevent uncontrolled
access by children to the site.
G.
Inspection. An authorized agent of the City may enter
the premises of a nonmetallic mining operation in the performance
of his or her official duties by permission of the property owner
or operator or pursuant to a special inspection warrant issued under
§ 66.0119, Wis. Stats., in order to inspect those premises
and to ascertain compliance with this chapter.
H.
Prohibitions and orders. Nonmetallic mining operations
within the City are prohibited if the nonmetallic mining site cannot
be reclaimed in compliance with the standards of this chapter or if
other requirements of this chapter are not met.
If any permit is revoked, cancelled, rescinded
or terminated, the operator shall be given written notice of any charges
or violations against him/her or the reasons proposed for revocation
and shall have an opportunity to be heard before the City Council.
A.
BLASTING
PERSON
ROCK CRUSHER
Definitions. The following definitions shall apply
in the interpretation and enforcement of this section:
A method of loosening, moving or shattering masses of solid
matter by use of explosive compounds to prepare stone for crushing,
to prepare stone for building and/or ornamental use, or to prepare
property for development.
Any individual, partner, corporation, company, trustee or
association, together with the respective servants, agents and employees
thereof.
Any device, machine, apparatus or equipment used either individually
or in conjunction with any other device, machine, apparatus or equipment
for the purpose of crushing, grinding, breaking or pulverizing rock
or stone.
B.
Operation. No person within the City shall operate
a rock crusher or perform blasting in such a manner so that any dust,
dirt or vibration from such operation shall, in any way, damage or
injure any person or property within the City. All blasting within
the City shall be performed according to the requirements of Ch. Comm
7, Explosives and Fireworks, Wis. Adm. Code, and all subsequent amendments
thereto.
C.
Permit.
(1)
Permit required. No person within the City shall operate
a rock crusher or perform blasting who does not possess a proper permit
therefor from the City.
(2)
Applications. All applications for permits hereunder
shall be made in writing upon the written form provided by the City
and distributed by the City Administrator. All applications for permits
hereunder shall be signed by the applicant and filed with the City
Administrator at least 60 days prior to the licensing period. The
City Administrator shall immediately refer all applications for permits
hereunder to the City Engineer. The City Administrator shall issue
a permit hereunder only after first receiving the recommendation of
the City Engineer, the duly executed certified check for the permit
fee as hereinafter provided and the submittal of the plan of operation,
if required, as approved by the City Engineer.
(3)
Certified check. Each application for a permit hereunder
shall be accompanied by a certified check in the sum of the required
permit fee as hereinafter provided, or a renewal thereof, the same
to be payable to the City.
(4)
Plan of operation. Each application for a permit to
perform blasting or operate a rock crusher hereunder or renewal thereof
shall be accompanied by a plan of operation which shall include methods
of screening from adjacent properties, hours of operation, hours of
blasting and operation of rock crusher, dust and noise control, blasting
procedures, location and height of stockpiles, whether a rock crusher
will be needed and how often, water supply, drainagecourse, maximum
depth, legal description of property in question and other information
the City Engineer deems pertinent to the proposed operation. Such
plan of reorganization shall be approved by the City Engineer.[1]
(5)
Insurance. Each application for a blasting permit
shall be accompanied by a certificate of insurance identifying the
City of Weyauwega as a party insured in the amount of $500,000 for
damage to property and $500,000 for injury to one person and $1,000,000
for injury to more than one person caused by the blasting.
D.
Renewals. All requests for renewals of permits hereunder shall be made at least 60 days prior to the expiration date of the permit and must comply with all requirements of Subsection C above.
E.
Blasting procedures and controls.
(1)
Energy ratio. The allowable vibration of any blast
at the nearest occupied or used building off the subject premises
shall not exceed an energy ratio of 0.5 or resultant particle velocity
of 1.35 inches per second based on the following formula:
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Energy ratio = 0.5 = 10.823 f2 A2
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Where:
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f
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=
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frequency in cycles per second
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A
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=
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amplitude or displacement in inches
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Energy ratio = 0.274 V2 (V = resultant particles velocity expressed in inches per second)
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(2)
Measurement of blasts. The operator of the quarry
operation, when requested to do so by the City Engineer, shall measure
and submit data to substantiate compliance with the above formula,
and the operator of the quarry operation, when requested to do so
by the City Engineer, shall measure air blast. This verification shall
be performed by a seismological engineering firm acceptable to the
City or by the City Engineer. Instrumentation shall be by seismograph
similar to VME Seismolog Model "B" and approved seismograph sound-measuring
equipment or approved equivalents. All expenses for these tests shall
be paid by the quarry operator.
(3)
Blasting log. A log in duplicate shall be kept of
each blast on forms similar to the one on file with the City Administrator.
The original copy of this blasting log shall be filed with the City
Administrator within 48 hours after the blast, and a copy shall be
kept on file at the quarry office.
(4)
Cover material. Operators of quarries for building
and/or ornamental stone removal shall cover Primacord,® other
detonating cord or surface-laid blasting devices with at least one
foot of dirt or other suitable cover material.
G.
Penalty. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall be subject to a penalty as provided in § 1-3 of this Code of Ordinances. However, upon conviction for the violation of any of the provisions of this section by the holder of a permit issued hereunder, and in addition to the forfeiture provided, such permit shall thereupon be cancelled, revoked, rescinded and terminated.
H.
Enforcement. Before renewal of any license issued
under this section is refused or any license is revoked, cancelled,
rescinded or terminated, the licensee shall be given written notice
of any charges or violations against him/her or the reasons proposed
for nonrenewal or revocation and shall have an opportunity to be heard
before the City Council.
