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10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Item #3 ORDINANCE NO. 0-12-02 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COLTON ADDING SUBDIVISIONS (S) AND (T) TO SECTION 8.04.030 OF THE COLTON MUNICIPAL CODE AND ADDING SECTIONS 8.04.200 AND 8.04.210 TO THE COLTON MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PUBLIC NUISANCES WHEREAS, the City of Colton ("City") is authorized pursuant to Article 7, Section 11 of the California Constitution to make and enforce within its limits all local, police, sanitary, and other ordinances and regulations not in conflict with general laws; and WHEREAS, the City is authorized by Govemment Code sections 38771 and 38773.1et seg. to declare what conditions or activities constitute public nuisanceTerer se and adopt regulations to abate such public nuisances; and WHEREAS, the City finds and determines that the presence of substances or conditions adversely affecting the environment within the City, including air, soil and water within the City, and whether such substance or condition was created inside or outside the City's territory and whether created by present or past owners, operators, or generators of facilities, constitutes a public nuisance. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLTON DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: Section 8.04.030 subdivisions (S) and (T) are hereby added to the Colton Municipal Code to read as follows: "8.04.030 Classification of nuisances. RVPUBUSB\638380 (S) Any existing or threatened "environmental nuisance", including, without limitation any of the following definitions set forth in subparagraphs (1) through (3) of this subsection: Any condition, whether caused by past or present acts or omissions and whether created within or outside of the City, that introduces, or may cause or allow the introduction of, hazardous substances, pollutants or wastes into, any navigable lake, river, bay, stream, canal, or basin (specifically including any ground water within the territorial boundaries of the city), or any public park, square, street, or highway; 2. Any condition, whether caused by past or present acts or omissions and whether created within or outside of the City, that requires an investigation or response of any kind in order to secure adequate protection of public health, welfare, safety, or the environment resulting in whole or in part from a release, or threatened release that causes the incurrence of abatement action costs by the city, of any hazardous substance, pollutant or waste; or 3. Any condition, whether created within or outside of the City, arising from the past or present handling, storage, treatment, transportation or disposal of a hazardous