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Article 5: Uses <br /> Section 5.11: Standards for Waste Management Facilities <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 5-135 <br /> <br />(2) If such a plan is not developed, approved and executed within the 90 day time <br />period, then the County may take possession of and dispose of the affected <br />facility in the manner provided in this Section and utilize the bond. <br />5.10.10 Ham Radio Antenna 194 <br />(A) Standards of Evaluation <br />(1) Shall be for the private use of the property owner on which they are located. <br />(2) Shall not exceed 90 ft. in height.195 <br />(3) Minimum setbacks from the base of the antenna to the property boundary shall <br />be equal to 110% of the tower height. 196 <br />SECTION 5.11: STANDARDS FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES <br />5.11.1 Solid Waste Collection Facilities Owned and Operated by A Public Agency for the Purpose <br />of Disposal of Household Waste by Orange County Residents <br />(A) General StandardsStandards of Evaluation <br />(1) The site shall consist of a parcel, or easement across a parcel, (whether owned <br />or leased by the public agency) which has been recorded by the Orange County <br />Register of Deeds. <br />(2) The parcel or easement across the parcel, (whether owned or leased by the <br />public agency) on which the facility is located shall contain a minimum area of <br />40,000 square feet. <br />(3) The parcel or easement shall have frontage on a State maintained road. <br />(4) A Type B landscape buffer, 30' in width, shall be provided along the perimeter of <br />the parcel or easement. <br />(5) Fencing at least six feet in height shall be provided between the landscape buffer <br />and the improved portion of the parcel or easement. <br />(6) An entrance sign shall identify site as a sanitation collection site, and shall <br />identify the responsible public agency. The sign shall contain a maximum of nine <br />square feet and shall not exceed eight feet in height. Instructional signs may be <br />erected as needed within the facility. <br />(7) The entrance to the site shall contain a travelway a minimum of 30' in width. <br />5.11.2 Landfills <br />(A) Use Standards <br />(1) Shall not be permitted as a Conditional Use District. Refer to Section 5.1.3 of <br />this Ordinance. <br />(A)(B) Submittal Requirements and Standards of Evaluation for Class A and Class B <br />Special Use Permits197 <br />(1) Submittal Requirements <br /> <br />194 As indicated herein there was a 2007 State law requiring local government to allow for reasonable access to  <br />personal ham radio antenna.  Staff is proposing to modify the UDO to ensure this allowance is provided for.  <br />195 90 ft. of allowable height is specifically referenced in the State law.  Staff is again incorporating the specific  <br />allowance with the UDO as part of this amendment package.  <br />196 Setback standards are the same for a telecommunication facility (i.e. cell tower).  <br />197 Under existing regulations a landfill operation less than 2 acres in area is required to obtain a Class B Special Use  <br />Permit.  Staff is recommending the elimination of this distinction and requiring landfills, regardless of size, to  <br />obtain a Class A Special Use Permit.  <br />116