ORDINANCE NO. 1897

AN ORDINANCE ADDRESSING THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS OF CONTROLLING DUST-PRODUCING AREAS AND LITTER AND DUST PRODUCTION FROM THE USE OF OPEN-BODIED TRUCKS

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO:

That Chapter 19 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Grand Junction be amended by the addition thereto of an Article V which shall read as follows:

ARTICLE V

ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS

Section 19-90. Control of dust-producing areas. It shall be unlawful for any person to own, possess or control any cleared area, parking lot, vacant lot or other site used by vehicular traffic without implementing an effective abatement or preventive fugitive dust control measure, as may be required, which may include, but is not limited to, the following:

1. Wetting down of the dust-producing area.

2. Landscaping.

3. Covering, shielding or enclosing.

4. Paving on temporary or permanent basis.

5. Treating through the use of palliatives and chemical stabilization.

6. Graveling the dust areas.

Section 19-91. Control of open-bodied trucks transporting dust or litter producing materials. No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any highway unless such vehicles is constructed or loaded or the load thereof securely covered to prevent any of its load from dropping, sifting, leaking, blowing or otherwise escaping therefrom; except that sand may be dropped for the purpose of securing traction or water or other substance may be sprinkled on a roadway in cleaning or maintaining such roadway.

PASSED and ADOPTED this 4th day of June, 1980.

Jane S. Quimby

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President of the Council

Attest:

Neva B. Lockhart, CMC

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City Clerk

I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No. 1897, was introduced, read, and ordered published by the City Council of the City of Grand Junction, Colorado, at a regular meeting of said body held on the 21st day of May, 1980, and that the same was published in the Daily Sentinel, a newspaper published and in general circulation in said City, at least ten days before its final passage.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City this 5th day of June, 1980.

Neva B. Lockhart

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Neva B. Lockhart, CMC

City Clerk

Published: May 23, 1980

Published: June 6, 1980

Effective: July 6, 1980