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Regulated Recyclable Materials Ordinance Summary Report <br />&epared by Gayle Wilson, Solid Waste Director <br />Ocober 2001 <br />TAis Report descnhes the ReguletW Recyclable Material Ordvmnce being considered by <br />the Bomd of Orange Cowry Commissioners. APUblic Heating oftfie ordinmme ie <br />echadWad 6r Sovemb¢ 7, 2001 at Southern Humav Serrieea Ccnt¢ on Homestead Rd. <br />at 9pm. Yvv are wetwme to etteud and cxpmss yam up~nion orprovide suggcerions. <br />Baakgreana <br />IDs waevt Covstrvefion and Demolifiou (C&D) ImdNl ov Hubmks Roed is estimated <br />to he RIl by Suly, 2002. <br />On August 1 i, 2000 a C&D Recycling lack Force, created by the Board ofCowty <br />Commissioncre, issuwl iH Final report. Among the lazkPmce reconwwdetione was <br />"Mandem recycling m mdse ofCRD caste iv Orange Comty tlvough the use ofav <br />ordivenec". County staff have developed this orrtinonca with periodic comment Gum thn <br />Huard, ftedbeck firm pomntleRy effected parties such ae builders azW haol¢s; and input <br />from mtuGCipalitiee and othrr County departmm[s. <br />Additionally we have cloeely examinod the cxpedence of several dries avd <ounfies that <br />have aawnpted, with varying degees ofsuccess,C&D recycling ordwmmes. Plans for <br />[he recycling facility and staff anti aluiymcv[ needs have been thoroughly investigated <br />mid ate eddreseedm the Master Facihfies Plm approved by the Roard on October 1, <br />2001. Also inWUdW in that plan is the tlevelopmeot ofe new, small CleD landfill. <br />BrieYSUmmary o((he Ordinance <br />I. The Ortlinance meatesaRStof'RegWated RCCyclable Materials"that most be kept <br />sromam and raycled. lLese are: <br />• Unpawted, UWreal~Wwd Waste • Pellets <br />• Scrap Matll • Chin Comty~ tad CaNbomd <br />2. Rsyclable MaterialPermits, cstimWing the amount ofwaste mticipated froma <br />project and ezplaininghow the waste is to be disposed o{ me myuir~ before <br />development (Building erd Zawng Cbmptiance) permin ore issued. <br />3. Healers operstin6w Orange County are subject to licrosmg, renewable mmuWly. <br />4. Hawing ofSolid Waste,which excludes yard waste, ispmhlbi[W. <br />5. Drntoli[ian praj¢te may be dnleyed up m 60 days N order to wnduat aeswsmenn of <br />therecyclebility ofthe matennls iv the awcbme. <br />