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<br />• Compatibility with adjacent land uses <br />• Prevailing winds <br />• Proximity to sensitive receptors, such as schools, churches, recreation sites and <br />residences <br />• Number of residences impacted <br />• Presence of natural buffers <br />• Impacts on existing businesses <br />• Expansion capability <br />• Development and operational costs <br />• Buffer zones and screening measures <br />• Traffic compatibility <br />• Impact on historic or cultural features <br />• Impact on neighborhood character <br />According to current generally accepted formal solid waste facility siting practice, to <br />maintain objectivity in the siting process the siting criteria are agreed upon before <br />potential sites are known. While the consultant is applying the criteria to screen the <br />county for satisfactory/suitable sites (according to these previously agreed upon screening <br />criteria) the siting committee (the Board of Commissioners in this instance) prioritizes <br />(assigns values) to each of the criteria to assist in ranking the candidate sites that are <br />identified in the initial screening. Again, to maintain the objectivity in the process the <br />criteria are prioritized (weighted) before the potential sites are known. Based on the <br />ra~ciking/scoring the BOCC may wish to apply a more rigorous analysis of the top 2-4 <br />sites. It is likely that every site identified will have shortcomings. <br />2 <br />