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Orange County Solid Waste Management m. P.O. Box 17177 Chapel Hill, NC 27516 -7177 (919) 968 -2885 FAX (919) 932 -2900 www,co.0range.nc.us /recycling Orange Regional Landfill 932 -2989 Orange Community Recycling 968 -2788 August 7, 2000 Mr. Eddie Kirk Orange County Planning Department 306 -F Revere Road. Hillsborough, NC 27278 Re: Class A Special Use Permit Application- Recycling Facility - Johnson Tract Dear Mr. Kirk: In Accordance with your request for additional information, we offer the following: In support of Section 8.2.1 of Article 8- Special Uses • 8.2.1.b(l)- The use will maintain or promote the public health, safety and general welfare, if located where proposed and developed and operated according to the plan as submitted; The application indicates that the existing recycling area provides a much needed service for the community. The proposed buildings will help to insure the proper operation of the landfill by allowing recycling staff' to work in an area protected from the weather. It will also help the County meet the waste reduction goals of 45 percent by 2001 and 61 percent by 2006. 8.2.1.b(2)- The use will maintain or enhance the value of the contiguous property (unless the use is a public necessity, in which case the use need not maintain or enhance the value of contiguous property); The application indicates the buildings will improve the operating efficiency of the existing recycling operation and is therefore a public necessity. * 8.2.1.b(3)- The location and character of the use, if" developed according to the plan submitted, will be in harmony with the area in which it is to be located and the use is in compliance with the plan for the physical development of the County as embodied in these regulations or in the comprehensive Plan, or portion thereof, adopted by the Board of County commissioners;