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ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT 306F REVERE ROAD HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27278 u . MEMORANDUM TO: Board of County Commissioners FROM: Emily Cameron, ASLA, Planner II/Landscape Architect Etc SUBJECT: Land Use Buffer Waiver Request- Maintenance Building, Orange County Regional Landfill DATE: February 11, 1997 The attached land use buffer waiver request is submitted by Michael Hining Architects on behalf of the owners of the Orange County Regional Landfill. The property is located in Chapel Hill Township on the north side of Eubanks Road (SR 1727) east of Rogers Road(SR 1729) adjacent to the existing landfill site. The applicant proposes to construct a 50' x 80' maintenance building on 12.76 acres. The proposed facility will also include a storage yard for yard waste,mulch, and recyclables. Access to the site will be through the current landfill site adjacent to the east side of the subject property. A 100-foot Type F land use buffer is required around the boundary of the zoning lot. A waiver is requested for the portion of the buffer adjacent to the existing landfill. Article 12.8 of the Zoning Ordinance allows the Planning Director or his designee to waive the requirements for additional landscaping in a required land use buffer when strict adherence to the ordinance would serve no useful purpose. Given the fact that the maintenance building and storage yard are considered accessory uses to the adjacent landfill,requiring screening between the lots is not necessary to promote public health, safety or general welfare. The building setback aspect of the land use buffer is met on the proposed site plan. In the event another use other than the landfill is proposed on the current landfill site at some point in the future, and that use is not compatible with the maintenance building and storage yard, it is likely that the Town of Chapel Hill would require a buffer as part of the site plan approval for a new use on the landfill site. The Planning Staff recommends approval of the waiver of additional planting requirements along the eastern lot line because the current adjacent land use is compatible,that is, similar in function and character.