§ 307. Requirements for construction and demolition landfill permit.

A.

Each applicant for a construction and demolition landfill permit as required herein shall submit a written application to the Health Department. If the Health Department approves the application, the Health Department's certification of such approval of the application shall be provided to the Department of Finance of the City of Tulsa for issuance of a license.

B.

Each application shall contain four (4) copies of an engineering report prepared, signed and sealed by a registered professional engineer licensed in the State, and such engineering report shall set forth the plan of operation, the design, the method for operations and the amount and type of equipment for operating a construction and demolition Landfill, along with an aerial photograph of the proposed site. A copy of the engineering report shall be submitted to the Director for review.

C.

The engineering report shall include the following:

1.

The location, zoning and boundaries of the site; the proposed location of all utilities and appurtenances for the landfill, including access, Roadways and fencing; a topographical map of the area on vertical contour intervals of two (2) feet; and the location and description of all structures including dwellings, schools, churches, commercial buildings, parks within six hundred (600) feet; and airports and airfields within two (2) miles;

2.

An engineering evaluation covering the proposed method of operation; a pertinent cross-section and plans for the progressive filling the site; an estimate of the duration of the operations of the landfill site; an indication of the contours when the landfill is completed and the proposed ultimate use of the site; if salvaging is proposed on the site, a detailed method of the salvage operation, including types of materials to be salvaged, as well as the method of storage; a soil report with borings extending at least three (3) feet below the lowest level of the proposed excavation and other geological data locating all strata and water tables and accompanied by a soil classification;

3.

A map of the flood plain; and

4.

Such additional information as shall be deemed necessary by the Health Department.

D.

If a construction and demolition landfill is located in the one hundred (100)-year flood plain, it shall be protected to at least the one hundred (100)-year flood design by impervious dikes and other appropriate means to prevent the flood waters from contacting solid waste. An evaluation must be provided of the potential problems created by restrictions of the flood flow due to the location of the construction and demolition landfill. No construction and demolition landfill shall be allowed within the fifty (50)-year flood plain.

E.

The requirements set out in this section, where appropriate, may be waived by the Health Department.

(Ord. No. 24035 , § 1, 11-7-2018)