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Attachment 2A <br />e, nn fnri:rfr f nom ncE~r <br />f <br />.. <br />.F Cvicfinn envirnnmont~l efreeenre <br />4. ADJACENT LAND USES <br />Consideration: Official land use provides;information on the actual or customary use,of the community. However, zoned or' planned land uses <br />may not show how different parcels of land are actually used. The zoriinglplanning ase andactual use, and existing customary <br />uses associated with a candidate site should be examined. <br />Definition: Potential impact upon a community's existing use of space (e.g., restriction of open space or outdoor uses, traffic volumes, or <br />patterns That create barriers to crossing of streets antllor neighborhood connectivity) resulting from transfer station or <br />ihfrastructure'development. <br />t <br />5. PROXIMITY TO SCHOOLS, CHURCHES, AND RECREATION SITES <br />Consideration: How near a facility is to parks, schools, churches, retirement centers, hospitals, or other public areas where people congregate <br />can be a concern from the standpoint of both physical and environmental safety (vehicle exhausts, liquid, fugitive emissions, <br />and odor) from facility-related operations or traffic, <br />Definition: Potential impact offacility-related traffic through "sensitive" community areas (e.g., schools andlor other public areas) including <br />pedestrian safety, collection or transfer vehicle exhausts, fugitive emissions, and odor. <br />The candidate site wifii the least potential impact in terms of <br />change in actual or customary uses on adjacent properties <br />(within 500 feet of transfer station property boundary) will be <br />ranked highest. <br />Candidate. sites with street or roadway connector access <br />that least impact sensitive community areaswill be ranked <br />highe5f. <br />~;,;rr - b, <br />-. <br />{ .,,~~. <br />Extremely Important 15 <br />Extremely Important 15 <br />Attachment 2A <br />Page 3 BOCC Work Session - 06/16/08 <br />