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~Importance~h Value` <br />6: -Nf1M~ER BF-RE-Sf9€~I~ES IMRACT€9 <br />f-Der~egra$hiss~ <br />.~~i <br />6: NUMBER 4F RESIDENTS IMPACTED Extremely Important 15 <br />Consideration: Residents adfacent to the site may be impacted. in some manner by collection and transfer vehicle traffic and from operation of The site with the fewest number of adjacent residents will be <br />the proposed transfer station. Potential impacts. would largely occur in the form of nuisance impacts (noise and odor); traffic, air ranked the highest Residents living within 500 feet of the <br />emissions, and visibility of the facility. proposed site property boundary and within 501 feet to 1000 <br /> feet of the proposed site property boundary will be <br />Definition: Number of residents living in dwelling units adjacent to the site. considered The number of potentially impacted residents <br /> used in this evaluation will be computed by: adding 50 <br /> percent of the total numberof residents living within the 501 <br /> feet to 1000 feet zone to the total number of residents living <br /> within the 500 feet zone. The mast current populatian1 data <br /> (GISILand records data) available from the Orange County <br />` Planning and Inspections Departments will be used. Refer <br /> fo Environmenfaf Justice considerations for further <br /> application guidance.(Community-Specific Criteria No.1): <br />?. RRE~E~fG€-9GUn,_ranrariipnLg~rFERS <br />"~~` <br />-Noise A>3atemen#. <br />7. PRESENCE OF NATURAL BUFFER5 Very Important 10 <br />Consideration: To mitigate the impact on the surrounding community; a transfer station should be located in an area thatprovides separation A site that provides the most buffer width in terms of wooded <br />from sensifiue adjoining land uses and/or residences. Natural buffers should be maintained to (educe the visibility of the facility area or other natural screening feature(s) (i:e~; ~ hills, etc.) <br />and to provide noise abatement and air qualify filtering. around the penmete(of the property will be ranked the <br /> highest. <br />Definition: Presence of on-site open space, natural wooded areas; trees, topographic relief, or other features that provide separation from <br />adjoining land use or residences. <br />1Revised per 06/16/08 BOCC Work Session. <br />Page 4 BOCC Regular Meeting - 06/24/06 <br />