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TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL Fax:919- 967 -8406 Nov 9 1999 13:53 P.02 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CHAPEL HILL DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE REGARDING A NEW ZONING DISTRICT FOR A SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY (99 -11 -8 -104) WHEREAS, the Council of the Town of Chapel Hill has considered the proposed amendment to the Chapel Hill Development Ordinance to provide for a new zoning district for a new land use called Solid Waste Management Facility, and finds that the amendments are appropriate due to changed or changing conditions in a particular area or in the jurisdiction generally and achieve the purposes of the Comprehensive Plan; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the Town of Chapel Hill as follows: Section 1. Section 2 of the Chapel Hill Development Ordinance is hereby amended by adding a new Subsection 2.121.2 to read as follows: "2.121.2 Solid Waste Management Facility: Solid Waste Management Facility shall be operated by or on behalf of a governmental agency and shall include, but not be limited to, a solid waste transfer facility and a materials recovery facility. A solid waste management facility shall not include the burial of any waste material." Section 2. Section 3.1 of the Chapel Hill Development Ordinance is hereby amended be adding a new Subsection 3.1.9.1 to read as follows: "3.1.9.1 Materials Handling District (MH) The Materials Handling (MH) district is intended to provide for public operation of a Solid Waste Management Facility." Section 3. Section 12.3, Use Group A, B, and C of the Chapel Hill Development Ordinance is hereby amended to add MH to the current column containing RT. Section 4. Section 12.3 of the Chapel Hill Development Ordinance is hereby amended to list, as "Permitted Principal Use" in the Materials Handling (MH) zoning district, "Solid Waste Management Facility" as Use Group C and as "Permitted Principal Use" and "Permitted Accessory Use" for Agricultural : Livestock and Non - Livestock as Use Group A. Section 5. Section 12.3 of the Chapel Hill Development Ordinance is hereby amended to provide the following additional language to the "Key" at the bottom of each page of the schedule: "'Key: "--" Not Permitted; "A" Permitted as an Accessory Use; "P" Permitted as a Principal Use if floor area of proposed development is less than 20,000 square feet and area of disturbed land is less than 40,000; otherwise, permitted as a Special Use in all districts except 01 -3 and MH and for all uses except existing Elementary and Secondary