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CHARLES BURGER, A.S.L.A. <br />Lantlscape Archi[ecq Land Planner (919)644-1410 <br />335 Revere Road, Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br />El16ANKS ROAD C&D LANDFILL <br />SCREEN PLANTING ALONG EUBANKS ROAD <br />A Report submittetl ro: <br />ORANGE COUNTY SOLID WASTE MANgGEMENT <br />tlate. August 28. 2001 <br />Orange County Solitl Waste Management operates the public landFll on Eubanks <br />Road north of Chapel Hill. A new wns[mnion antl demolition (CBD) landhll is planne0 <br />to be tlevelopetl at some time during 2002. This report tliswsses the manner in which <br />affective vegetative screening ran be achievetl between the new facilityend Eubanks <br />Roatl. This report accompanies a plan drawing entitled Concept o7 screen planflng <br />along Eubanks Road, tlatetl August 28, 2001. <br />The Facility <br />When construaeq [he C8D landfill will occupy a land area of approximately 28 aces. <br />The ultimate lanarll height will be fi30 feel above sea level. whiU is about 90 feet <br />above the average elevation of Eubanks Roatl in Ihis vicinity, (540 feeq. This height <br />will be atl[ievetl about 500 feet distant from the Eubanks Roatl pavemen( accoNing to <br />a conceptual tlrawing prepared by Joyce Engineering. <br />The segments of property line along Eubanks Roatl which ere being consitlere0 in this <br />report comprise a total distance of about 580 linear tae[ of vegetated buffer. The <br />speetl of travel along Eubanks Road, and the aveage angle of view into the facility, <br />may intlicate a slightly greeter anual length o(plantatl screen. <br />Regulatory Content <br />Two governing agencies have direct control over the issue of buffers antl visual <br />separation between the new landFll a~ivity and public rightsof-way. <br />The North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (NG-DENR) <br />requires a 2D0-foot buffer between C8p landflls antl public rightsaf-way. Orange <br />