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Siting criteria for each type of facility (CDLF, transfer facility, MU, MSWLF), including <br />the significance of proximity to the airport. <br />Conceptual design plans, including buffers, required facility area, possible footprints and site <br />layouts, and access considerations for each type of facility, and conceptual grading plans and <br />projected life for the CDLF and MSWLF. <br />3.0 LOCAL ZONING AND PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS <br />The Greene and Neville tracts are located in the Town of Chapel Hill's Joint Planning Transition <br />Area. The Greene Tract is zoned Rural Transition (RT), while the Neville tract is zoned Residential - <br />1 (R -1). <br />In the Joint Planning Transition Area, zoning changes are approved jointly by the Chapel Hill Town <br />Council and the Orange County Board of Commissioners using zoning categories from the Town <br />of Chapel Hill's Development Ordinance. The Town of Chapel Hill is responsible for reviewing and <br />approving developments in the Joint Planning Transition Area in accordance with the approved <br />zoning categories. <br />The RT district is intended to be applied to land which is used for agricultural, very low-intensity <br />residential, or open space uses, but which is projected in the Comprehensive Plan for conversion to <br />more intensive urban uses at such time as community services are available and community need for <br />such uses are present. Landfills are permitted in -the RT zoning district with a Special Use Permit, <br />which would need to be granted by the Town of Chapel Hill. According to discussions with the <br />Chapel Hill Planning Department, all of the solid waste facilities discussed herein (MSWLF, CDLF, <br />transfer facility and MRF) would fall under the Planning Department's definition of "landfill." <br />The Special Use Permit application for landfills includes, but is not limited to, an Operations Plan <br />and a Rehabilitation Plan, including information as required by the Town Manager. The Special Use <br />Permit approval process consists of the following: <br />1. Submittal of the application to the Town Manager; <br />2. Town Manager's Analysis, to determine conformance with the Comprehensive Plan, the <br />provisions of the Article 18 governing Special Use Permits, and other applicable regulations; <br />Preliminary Conferences with Applicant, if necessary, to modify the,-application; 0 <br />4. Town Manager's Report to Planning Board, completed within 25 days unless conferences <br />between the applicant and the Town Manager are ongoing; 0 <br />5. Planning Board Review, completed within 35 days of the meeting with the Town Manager; a <br />Study of Solid Waste Management Options JOYCE ENGINEERING, INC. <br />for the Greene and Neville Tracts February 4, 1998 <br />Orange County, North Carolina 2 <br />