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t <br />t <br />7. SPACE FOR RECYCLING, COMPOSTING, AND PUBLIC EDUCATION <br />Consideration: Atransfer station could be sited in areas also conducive to recycling orcomposting activities, <br />Mariy transfer statons are designed to enable residents. and businesses to drop off recyclables and <br />yard waste in addition totrash: -Some transfer stations incorporate education centers or <br />interpretive trails focusing on waste prevention. These types of facilities offer increased utility to <br />:the community. <br />Definition: Availability ofundeveloped on-site area to accommodate future expansion or changes including <br />additional waste handling, transfer, processing, andlor administrative support functions. <br />f <br />•~ <br />besiness~ts~: <br />-PAiai~8-feet: <br />B. BUFFER SPACE <br />Considerafiom To mifigate the impact on the surrounding community, a transfer station should be located in an <br />area that provides separator from sensitive adjoining land uses andlor residences: Buffers can be <br />natural or cohstructed and cari take many forms; including open spaces, fences, sound ir/alls; <br />trees,'berms, and landscaping. <br />Defniton: Presence of natural areas, trees, topographic relief,. or other features that provide separation from <br />adjoining land use or residences <br />A site with the largest available undeveloped <br />footprint (acres)not including a minimum <br />100-foot bufferarountl the perimeterof the <br />site and dedicated transferstation area <br />(station, roadways, parking areas, scale <br />facilities, and other required site <br />improvements for transfer operations) will be <br />ranked the highest. <br />A site that provides the most buffer width in <br />terms of wooded area or other natural <br />screening feature(s){i.e., streamshills, eta) <br />around the perimeter of the property will be <br />ranked the highest, <br />Page 4 <br />Size for Transfer funcfion only. <br />Provide minimum 100•foot buffer width. <br />Buffer width and what is being buffered <br />should be considered in combination in <br />terms of establishing final buffer <br />requirements. <br />Maintain integrity of existing wooded <br />areas and hardwood trees in <br />maintenance of perimeter buffers, <br />Attachment 1 B <br />Attachment 16 <br />BOCC Work Session - 06/16/08 <br /> <br />