Chapter 7.30
HAZARDOUS WASTE*
Sections:
*See Title 15 for Land Use Code.
7.30.010 Definitions.
(1) “Coordinated local zoning” means zoning which permits off-site treatment and storage facilities in one jurisdiction to serve the off-site facility needs of other jurisdictions, provided the coordinated zoning is documented by signed agreements between all affected jurisdictions.
(2) “Hazardous waste” means all dangerous waste (DW) and extremely hazardous waste (EHW) as defined in RCW 70.105.010.
(3) “Hazardous waste storage” means the holding of dangerous waste for a temporary period as regulated by the state of Washington Dangerous Waste Regulations, Chapter 173-303 WAC.
(4) “Hazardous waste treatment” means the physical, chemical, or biological processing of dangerous waste to make wastes nondangerous or less dangerous, safer for transport, amenable for energy or material resource recover, amenable for storage, or reduced in volume.
(5) “Off-site treatment and storage facilities*” means off-site facilities that treat and store hazardous wastes from generators on properties other than those on which the off-site facilities are located.
(6) “On-site treatment and storage facility*” means an on-site facility that treats and stores hazardous wastes generated on the same parcel of property where the on-site facility or facilities are located.
*Hazardous waste treatment and storage facilities are facilities that require an interim or final status permit from the Department of Ecology under Dangerous Waste Regulations, Chapter 173-303 WAC.
[Ord. 566 § 1, 1989.]
7.30.020 Commercial district.
On-site hazardous waste treatment and storage facilities as accessory to a permitted or conditional use are allowed as a conditional use, provided such facilities comply with the State Hazardous Waste Siting Standards and La Conner and State Environmental Policy Act requirements. [Ord. 566 § 2, 1989.]
7.30.030 Industrial district.
On-site hazardous waste treatment and storage facilities accessory to a permitted or conditional use are allowed as a conditional use, provided such facilities comply with the State Hazardous Waste Siting Standards and La Conner and State Environmental Policy Act requirements. [Ord. 566 § 3, 1989.]