Minutes - 20080616 - Transfer Station

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1 sanitary sewer systems for wastewater disposal. Some transfer stations use wells 2 for water supply, and some, especially in more rural settings, use septic systems 3 or truck their wastewater for off-site treatment. 4 5 Definition: Availability of electrical, water, and sewer service at the site. 6 7 Application: 8 A site that has electrical, water and sewer service of sufficient capacity for transfer operations 9 within the immediate vicinity (1000 feet of the site) will be ranked the highest. 10 11 Weighting Factors: 12 13 Importance: 14 • Important 15 16 Value: 17 • 5 18 19 Commissioner Foushee asked for a discussion of the concerns regarding the disposal of 20 wash down water. Ed Shuffler said that this would go into the sanitary sewer system, if there 21 were water and sewer. If not, there would be a tank system that the wash down water would go 22 into and it would be pumped and hauled. That is why a site with a sewer system gets a higher 23 ranking. 24 Commissioner Gordon said that she thought this criterion was critical and it is important to 25 have access to utilities. She would like to change the weighting to a 10. 26 Commissioner Nelson said that Commissioner Gordon made a good point in her memo 27 about weighting this higher than 5. It is important to have easy access to water and sewer 28 because there are environmental issues and it would be expensive to haul the wash down 29 water. 30 Ed Shuffler said that it sounds as if the Board would like to rank this higher to a 10, and 31 the Board agreed. 32 33 11. ZONING DESIGNATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS 34 Consideration: The County has adopted a Zoning Ordinance in order to protect and promote 35 the health, safety, and general welfare of the County and its residents. The Zoning 36 Ordinance regulates and restricts uses of land within the County, including such 37 things as the height, size of buildings, and other structures; the percentage of a lot 38 that may be occupied; the size of yards, courts, and other open spaces; the 39 density of populations; and the location of Governmental Facilities such as a 40 County-owned Transfer Station. If the selected transfer station site is not located 41 within an area that is within the County's exclusive planning jurisdiction then other 42 units of government may be involved in the permitting and approval of the 43 proposed transfer station site. 44 45 Definition: A Transfer station can be located in all Zoning Districts in the exclusive 46 planning jurisdiction of the County where Governmental Facilities and Office Buildings are 47 permitted pursuant to Article 4.3 Permitted Use Table (Line P24) of the County's Zoning 48 Ordinance, including those areas of the Rural Buffer not located in protected watershed critical 49 areas and including anywhere in any of the EDDs where Governmental Facilities and Office 50 Buildings are permitted pursuant to the Permitted Use Tables contained within the EDD 10