Chapter 8-36 Hazardous Substances

It shall be unlawful for any person to use, store, or transport any hazardous substance, as defined in section 8-40-020, in or through the city unless he or she shall fully comply with all applicable statutes, rules, and regulations of the United States and of the State of Colorado, as they may be enacted, promulgated, or amended from time to time. (Ord. 557 §1, 1984)

It shall be unlawful for any person to store any hazardous substance, as defined in section 8-40-020, in the city, in any quantities greater than necessary or customary for ordinary individual or family use, unless he or she shall first have reported such storage to the city's emergency response authority, as established by chapter 8-40 of this code, the police department and the waste management division of the department of health. Such report shall include a listing of the maximum quantity of each such hazard type as designated in article 22 of title 29, section 107, C.R.S., the exact location of each such material stored, and if the storage will be temporary, the approximate date on which the storage will start and stop. Any person using any hazardous substance in such quantity shall update and amend the information so reported on an annual basis and upon request of the city's emergency response authority or the police department. (Ord. 557 §1, 1984)

Any person using, storing, or transporting any hazardous substance, as defined in section 8-40-020, shall be responsible for any damage or injury caused by such material substance, and for the cost of control, containment, neutralization, and disposal of such substance. (Ord. 557 §1, 1984)

Upon presentation of proper credentials, any officer of the emergency response authority and the police department may enter at reasonable times any premises in the city and may inspect any vehicle in the city, if he or she has reasonable cause to believe that the terms of this chapter are being violated. (Ord. 557 §1, 1984)