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Beveny Blythe.-,oidinancedraM. <br /> AN ORDINANCE REGULATING RECYCLABLE MATERIALS AND LICENSING <br /> THE COLLECTION OF REGULATED,RECYCLABLE MATERIAL IN ORANGE <br /> COUNTY <br /> SECTION L FINDINGS. Orange County,North Carolina does hereby find that: <br /> Orange County has heretofore adopted ordinances governing the storage, transportation, <br /> and recycling of solid waste within the unincorporated sections of County;and <br /> Orange County owns and operates solid waste management facilities as a public enterprise <br /> to protect the citizens of Orange County and the environmental health both within the <br /> unincorporated areas of the County and within the municipalities in Orange County;and <br /> Orange County, Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough, and Mebane have heretofore <br /> adopted and followed separate ordinances for the regulation of solid wastes within their respective <br /> jurisdictions;and <br /> Siting and permitting of construction and demolition landfills and sanitary landfills has <br /> become increasingly difficult; the disposal of solid waste and construction and demolition waste <br /> has become increasingly more expensive; and construction and demolition waste continues to be <br /> disposed of through open burning, adding to the increasing air pollution problem within the <br /> County;and <br /> Units of local government are charged by the legislature in N.C.G.S. § 130A-309.09A(b) <br /> to make a good faith effort to achieve the State's forty percent (40%) municipal solid waste <br /> reduction goal by the year 2006;and <br /> Orange County has committed itself to recycling recyclable materials, including <br /> construction and demolition waste,as part of its own solid waste reduction goal of 61%by the year <br /> 2006;and <br /> Construction and demolition waste constitutes approximately one-third(1/3)of the overall <br /> solid waste stream delivered to the Orange County Landfill,at least fifteen percent(15%)of which <br /> is readily recoverable for purposes of recycling, secondary-market salvage, or re-integration into <br /> existing or subsequent projects;and <br /> Orange County has the legal authority under State law, including but not limited to <br /> N.C.G.S. § 153A-136, § 153A-445,and§ 130A-309.09B, to enact regulations with respect to the <br /> disposal of solid waste including recyclable material,land-clearing debris that is not sold as timber <br /> or chipped for use onsite or sale, and to provide reasonable penalties and other provisions for the <br /> enforcement thereof, <br /> NOW THEREFORE be it ordained by Orange County as follows: <br /> SECTION H. PURPOSE AND APPLICATION. <br /> The purpose of this ordinance is to regulate the storage, collection, transportation, use, <br /> disposal and,other disposition of regulated recyclable material in Orange County. This ordinance <br /> is adopted pursuant to the authority contained in N.C.G.S. §§ 153A-121, 123, 132.1, 136,274- <br />