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Alderman proposes fuel-storage and generator setbacks, board schedules workshop with fire/hazmat and DNR input
Summary
Alderman Lang proposed establishing a 200-foot setback from watershed banks for generators and fuel storage and requiring secondary containment above a volume threshold; the board agreed to invite fire, hazmat and DNR representatives to a workshop to develop ordinance language.
Alderman Lang proposed a local setback and containment requirement for generators and fuel storage to protect the city's watershed, saying the state currently sets a 300-foot setback only when wells are involved. "So, the state of Missouri only has a 300 foot setback for generators and fuel storage when it comes to wells," Lang said, and proposed a 200-foot setback measured from the highest bank for ponds, creeks and runoff features.
Board members debated technical choices — whether to measure from water center or bank, how to define flood or action stages, and whether to tie containment requirements to tank volume. Members repeatedly recommended involving the Department of Natural Resources and the local fire/hazmat team. A volunteer with hazmat familiarity suggested the city require an emergency-action plan (similar to dam EAPs) or tiered containment tied to tank size and asked that fire/hazmat and emergency management be invited to a workshop. The board agreed to schedule a workshop and asked staff to invite the appropriate agencies for technical input before drafting ordinance language.
No ordinance was introduced at this meeting; the board directed staff to coordinate a technical workshop to draft potential language that would identify setback distances, containment triggers (tank volume), and response plans.
