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44 7l11111~1/: 11G <br />~. I imif e CI2AIATI(1MC AAll1 DCNIIRGAAGAITC <br />ifinn nnfinnc <br />t <br />11. ZONING DESIGNATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS <br />Consideration. The County has adopted a Zoning Ordinance in order to protect and promote the health, safety, Sites will be ranked in accordance with the <br /> and general welfare of the County and its residents. The Zoning Ordinance regulates and restricts following hierarchy: A site that is located <br /> uses of land within the County, including such things as the height, size of buildings, and other within the Orange County Planning <br /> structures; the percentage of a lot that may be occupied; the size of yards, courts, and other open jurisdiction, excluding the Rural Buffer <br /> spaces; the density of populations; and the location of Governmental Facilities such as aCounty- portion of the Joint Planning Area and <br /> owned Transfer Station. If the selected transfer station site is not located within an area that is excluding the Transition area, will be ranked <br /> within the County's exclusive planning jurisdiction then other units of government may be involved the highest followed respectively by sites <br /> in the permitting and approval of the proposed transfer station site, located in the Rural Buffer, Transition, ETJ, <br /> with those sites located within a municipality <br />Definition: A Transfer station can be located in all Zoning Districts in the exclusive planning jurisdiction of the ranked the lowest. <br /> County where Governmental Facilities and Office Buildings are permitted pursuant to Article 4,3 <br /> Permitted Use Table (Line P24) of the County's Zoning Ordinance, including those areas of the <br /> Rural Buffer not located in protected watershed critical areas and including anywhere in any of the <br /> EDDs where Governmental Facilities and Office Buildings are permitted pursuant to the Permitted <br /> Use Tables contained within the EDD Manuals, subject to all Site Plan requirements contained <br /> within Article 14 of the Zoning Ordinance, EDD Manual requirements, permits and approval <br /> <br />~9 f`ADG/1AI C processes as applicable, <br />~1/1TOpIA1T <br />°-6reen <br />a hhe~}Se-gaerefr4FS$49nS: <br />aeb~te~-1-pBUntl-SS;~le-dnveH <br />12. CARBON FOOTPRINT <br />Consideration, Refuse trucks provide an invaluable service, improving the quality of life as they haul away thou- The site with the lowest environmental <br /> sands of pounds of garbage every day, However, the refuse (rucks also contribute to air and noise impact will be ranked the highest. <br /> pollution. Nearly 99 percent of these vehicles run on diesel fuel, and the emissions from these Environmental impact will be assessed on <br /> diesel engines contain particulate matter, hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, and nitrogen oxides. the basis of carbon dioxide emissions <br /> (megagrams per year) from cellection <br />Definition: Impact of waste hauling activities on the environment measured in terms of the greenhouse gas vehicles for the increased travel distance <br /> (measured in units of carbon dioxide) emissions. from the centreid of waste generation to the <br /> proposed transfer station site. <br />Page 6 <br />Site should be zoned correctly and <br />located in commercial or industrial <br />areas, <br />Carbon footprint should be included as <br />a part of Criteria 1, <br />Consider selecting site location based <br />upon optimization of air pollution versus <br />distance~ocation, <br />Attachment 16 <br />Attachment 1 B <br />BOCC Work Session - 06!16!08 <br />