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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No VJJ -O <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: April 5, 1993 <br /> SUBJECT: Solid Waste Ordinance <br /> DEPARTMENT Public Works PUBLIC HEARING YES NO X <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) INFORMATION CONTACT <br /> Draft Ordinance Wilbert McAdoo/Beth Wickham, <br /> Current Ordinance ext 2625 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBER <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: To present a report on a proposed solid waste management <br /> ordinance. <br /> BACKGROUND: County staff have prepared a first draft of a solid waste <br /> management ordinance for Orange County that would replace a 1976 <br /> ordinance of limited scope. The draft ordinance is based on a model <br /> solid waste ordinance for North Carolina local governments that was <br /> developed by Bill Campbell of the Institute of Government. The draft <br /> ordinance addresses the following problems: <br /> * out-of-county waste <br /> * prohibited wastes - tires, white goods, furniture, bulky wastes, <br /> hazardous wastes <br /> * scavengers <br /> * theft - recycling <br /> * vandalism - convenience centers <br /> * commercial use of solid waste containers <br /> * trailer park use of containers <br /> * litter <br /> * roadside dumping <br /> * open dumps <br /> * illegal burning <br /> Staff plans are to present the solid waste ordinance for formal <br /> consideration by the Board within the next month or two. The timing of <br /> this report is designed to provide the Board with an opportunity to <br /> provide direction about the content of a final draft. The County <br /> Attorney and Sheriff have met with the staff to review the ordinance <br /> and to discuss a conceptual approach to enforcement of the ordinance <br /> by the Orange County Sheriff ' s Department. Their comments, along with <br /> Board comments from the April 5 meeting, will be incorporated into <br /> a second draft that will be circulated to the Orange County Solid Waste <br /> Committee for their input. Responses from committee members, and fine <br /> tuning by staff would lead to production of a final draft of the <br /> ordinance for introduction at a future regular Board meeting. <br />