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~~ 91-Z~NIN6-D€SIGNATaONS-AND-R~~tUIREMENTS *-6inait-sifiRg-apfions ~--~vEr~kffdBn 8r 61ff5teRRg~IRtlFFStrlattypEfa6fli~'S-BtljaGERttOIL~w~n64me-0r-mlf}of+ty-areas; 11. ZONINGDESIGNATIONSAN0 REQUIREMENTS Important 5 Considerafion: The County has adapted a Zoning Ordinance in order fo protect and promote the health, safety, and general Sites will be ranked in accordance with the following hierarchy: A site welfare of the. County and its residenfs. The Zoning Ordinance regulates and restricts uses of land within the 'that is located within the Orange County Planning jurisdiction, County, including such things as the height, size of buildings, and other sfmctures; the percentage of a lot excluding the Rural Buffer portion of the Joint Planning Area and that may be occupied; the size of yards, courts, and other open spaces; the density of populations; and the excluding the Transition area, will be ranked the highest followed location of Govemmenfal Facilities such as aCounty-owned Transfer Sfafion. If the selected Transfer station respectively by sites located in fhe Rural Buffer, Transition, ETJ, with site is not located within ari area That is within the County's exclusive planning jurisdiction then other units of those sites located within a municipality ranked the lowest. government may: be involved iri the permitting and approval of the proposed transfer station site. Definifon: A Trahsferstation cah be located in all Zoning Distracts in the exclusive planning jurisdiction of the County where Governmental Facilities and Office Buildings are permitted pursuant to Article 4.3 Permitted Use Table (Line P24) of the County's Zoning Ordinance, including those areas of the Rural Buffer not located in protected watershed critical areas and including ahywhere in any of the EDDs where Govemmenfal Facilities aril Office Buildings are permitted pursuant to the Permitted Use Tables contained within the EDD Manuals, subject to all Sife Plan requirements contained within Article 14 of the Zoning Ordinance, EDD Manual requirements, permits and approval processes, as applicable. ai2:: GAI;B9f~-F99T-RBI#T ~~reenhouse~as-emissiens~ -Direotty-Fekated-#o-ve#icle-aafies-traveled-solfestien-vekr~les-and-tfan~{~~ +~~~~, ~-Automobile -~-peund G9~mile~uen 12. CARBON FOOTPRINT Important 5 Consideration: Refuse trucks provide an invaluable service, improving the quality of life as they haul away thousands of The site with the lowest environmental impact will be ranked the pounds of garbage every day. However, the refuse trucks also contribute to air and noise pollution. Nearly 'highest. Environmental impact will be assessed on the basis of 99 percent of these vehicles run on diesel fuel, and the emissions from these diesel engines contain 'carbon dioxide emissions (megagrams per year) from collection parficulate matter, hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide,1 and nitrogen oxides. vehicles for the increased (ravel distance from the centroid of waste generation to the proposed transfer station site. Definition:. Impact of waste hauling acfivifies on the environment measured in Perms of the greenhouse gas (measured in units of carbon dioxide) emissions. +Revised per 06/16/08 BOCC Work Session. Page 6 BOCC Regular Meeting - 06/24/08