Jackson County Missouri - File #: 4311

• File #: 4311
• Version: 0
• Name: JaCo Code re: blasting
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/23/2011
• In control: Health and Environment Committee
• On agenda: 5/23/2011
• Final action: 7/11/2011
• Title: AN ORDINANCE enacting sections 5100., 5101., 5102., 5103., and 5104., Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to blasting, with a penalty provision.
• Sponsors: Dennis Waits
• Indexes: JACKSON COUNTY CODE

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/11/2011	0	Health and Environment Committee
7/11/2011	0	County Legislature	approve as amended	Pass
7/11/2011	0	County Legislature	suspend the rules to consider final passage	Pass
7/11/2011	0	County Legislature	adopt	Pass
7/11/2011	0	County Legislature	perfect	Pass
7/7/2011	0	County Legislature	Go To 5th Perfection
6/24/2011	0	County Legislature	Go To 4th Perfection	Pass
6/20/2011	0	Health and Environment Committee
6/17/2011	0	County Legislature	Go To 3rd Perfection	Pass
6/13/2011	0	Health and Environment Committee
6/10/2011	0	County Legislature	Go To 2nd Perfection	Pass
6/6/2011	0	Health and Environment Committee
6/3/2011	0	County Legislature	Go To 1st Perfection	Pass
5/23/2011	0	County Legislature

Health & Environment
Committee Amendment
July 11, 2011

IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI


Title
AN ORDINANCE enacting sections 5100., 5101., 5102., 5103., and 5104., Jackson County Code, 1984, relating to blasting, with a penalty provision.




Intro
ORDINANCE #4311, May 23, 2011

INTRODUCED BY Dennis Waits, County Legislator


Body
WHEREAS, the Missouri Blasting Safety Act, sections 319.300-.345, RSMo, authorizes Missouri cities and counties to enact provisions to regulate blasting within their borders, so long as the local provisions do not conflict with state law; and,

WHEREAS, the Legislature finds it to be in the best interests of the health, welfare, and safety of the citizens of the county to enact provisions regarding blasting that are consistent with state law, but which can be enforced locally; now therefore,

BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, as follows:

Section A. Enacting Clause. Sections 5100., 5101., 5102., 5103., and 5104., Jackson County Code, 1984, are hereby enacted, to read as follows:

5100. Blasting, Governing Law.
Blasting operations, when conducted anywhere within the corporate limits of Jackson County, shall be governed by the Missouri Blasting Safety Act, sections 319.300-.345, RSMo, this chapter, and any applicable municipal ordinances which are consistent with state law.

5101. Blasting, Defined.
Blasting is defined as the use of explosives in mining or construction.

5102. Blasting, Prohibition of Excessive Ground Vibrations.
No person, firm, or corporation shall perform any blasting within the County which exceeds the ground vibration limits established by section 319.312, RSMo, as measured pursuant to state law within the unincorporated portion of the County.

5103. Blasting, Conditional Use Permit.
The conducting of permitted blasting in the unincorporated portion of the County, pursuant to a conditional use permit, s...