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212 2 <br />The zoning ordinance currently makes nn distinction between various types of landfills. A site <br />that only receives land clearing waste and is less than two (2) acres would fallow the same <br />process as a municipal solid waste landfill that is less than two (2) acres. Landfills that are less <br />than two (2) acres are permitted as Class B Special Uses in the RB, AR, R1, 11, 12, 13, and AS <br />zoning districts. <br />The proposed amendment would allow land clearing waste facilities, which are defined as <br />facilities less than two ('L) acres in area used for the disposal, processing, storage, and <br />stockpiling of land clearing waste such as stumps, trees, limbs, brush, grass, natural racks, soil, <br />and other naturally occurring vegetative material that is generated solely from land clearing <br />activities, to be perritted by right in the AR, AS, and RB zoning districts provided they meet the <br />following location and operational standards: <br />+ Property must be in the use value program. <br />Site must be less than two (2) acres in area. <br />Property must be accessible from aState-maintained or a private road with a road <br />maintenance agreement. <br />+ Road access to the facility must be adequately secured to prevent unauthorized <br />access. <br />+ A 100-font wide landscaped buffer is required if the facility is less than 500 feet <br />from adjacent properties or aState-maintained roadway. <br />+ Boundary limits of the facility must be clearly identified. <br />The facility cannot be located within required stream buffers, floodways, <br />floodplains, utility easements, nr septic system repair areas. <br />+ The facility cannot be lighted. <br />+ The operator of the facility must submit an erosion control plan with their <br />application for a land clearing waste facility. <br />The operator of the facility must also subrnit ari operations plan. <br />PROCESS: <br />Public Hearing: May 24, 2004 <br />Ordinance Review Cnmrnittee recommendation: July 7, 2004 <br />Planning Board recommendation: July 7, 2004 <br />BOCC to make decision no sooner than August 17, 2004 <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: l~here are nn public fiscal impacts associated with this decision. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Planning Staff recommends APPROVAL of the proposed <br />amendments. <br />The Administration recommends that the proposed <br />amendments be referred to the Planning Board for a <br />recommendation to be returned to the BOCC nn sooner than <br />August 17, 2004. <br />G:\Cunent Planning Division\Dave\Abstracts\L CWPPublic Heazing.doc <br />