Natural wood waste recycling facilities shall comply with all of the following requirements.
(1) The facility shall be located on a lot of at least 10 acres.
(2) In an R1 District, the facility is part of the expansion or relocation of an existing facility allowed as a special exception.
(3) The facility shall be screened and buffered in accordance with the County Landscape Manual.
(4) All vehicular access shall be from a collector road, an arterial road, a freeway, or a local road that serves property that is primarily zoned industrial or commercial and is located between the facility entrance and the first intersecting collector road, arterial road, or freeway in all directions.
(5) For the purposes of forest conservation requirements under Article 17, Title 6, Subtitle 3 of this Code, the Office of Planning and Zoning shall review a natural wood waste recycling facility as an industrial site in the targeted growth area.
(6) The facility is operated by an entity that was operating a natural wood waste recycling facility on December 29, 2023.
(Bill No. 77-23)