Minutes - 20080520 - Transfer Station

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2 Critical Areas Overlay District (within Protected Watershed) are defined in Section 4.2.27 of the Orange County Zoning Ordinance as, "The land area within one-half mile of the normal pool of an existing or proposed water supply impoundment, or the ridgeline of the watershed, whichever is less." 11 Sites located beyond 3 miles of US 15-501, NC 54, NC 86 (excluding NC 86 North of Hillsborough), US 70, 1-40, or 1-85 and beyond 12 road miles of the proiected waste generation centroid (figures 3a and 3b) Three-mile corridor on either side of the centerline of the following major transportation routes: US 15-501, NC 54, NC 86 (excluding NC 86 North of Hillsborough), US 70, 1-40, or 1-85. The 12 distance shall be road miles measured from the proposed site to waste generation centroid —2025 Mean Center(weighted by population and employment.) Commissioner Gordon said that the Board talked about 3a and 3b being two different criteria—one is access to major transportation routes and the other central location with respect to the 12-mile distance from the centroid. She asked that 3a and 3b be separate criteria. She thought that the Board had agreed on this. Ed Shuffler said that he would change this to make two separate criteria. Ed Shuffler made reference to the 10 miles that was in the analysis, and he said that they drove the routes and it is not as much a mileage thing as it is a time issue. Since the Board had approved 12 miles, the recommendation is to maintain the 12 miles. Commissioner Gordon said that she felt that, based on the citizens' comments at the public comment session, she needed to bring this up. Citizens wanted the transfer station site to be already zoned for a transfer station, and not be residential. However, almost all of the places that would be most suitable for a transfer station (i.e. non-residential areas) are more than 12 miles from the waste generation centroid. Chair Jacobs said that the 12 miles was a compromise of the Board of County Commissioners and the County has not heard from Chapel Hill or Carrboro regarding feedback. Chair Jacobs asked Solid Waste Director Gayle Wilson about his professional judgment on the mileage. Gayle Wilson said that there is not a lot of difference in the 10 and 12 miles from the point of waste generation. The center of waste generation is close to where the landfill is now, and that is where the 12-mile measurement begins. Al Sites with Wetlands and Flood Plains (Figure 4) Wetlands—as defined in the Open Space Standards of the Orange County Subdivision Regulations (Section IV-C.3b.) in the following manner: "Including, but not limited to, streams, creeks, ponds, reservoirs, stormwater management facilities for watershed protection purposes, and adjoining land areas identified as part of: The National Wetlands Inventory Maps for the county, prepared by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (see LUE page 2.2.15, 1981); The "Orange County, N. C. Soil Survey," prepared by the USDA Soil Conservation Service (1977); The "Inventory of Natural Areas and Wildlife Habitats," as prepared by the Triangle Land Conservancy; LANDSAT satellite data collected and analyzed under the Albemarle-Pemlico Estuarine Study; Results from any required environmental assessment or environmental impact statement; and/or Results from any site analysis conducted by a registered engineer, land surveyor, landscape architect, architect or land planner using data from the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers."