(A) Standards in this section shall apply to all of the following uses in zoning districts where they are identified as special uses in the district regulations for each zone.
(B) These uses are: petroleum or inflammable liquids production, refining, storage, junk yard, incinerator, incarceration facility, high intensity food processing, fireworks storage and sewage treatment and disposal facility.
(1) General. All uses shall be established and maintained in accordance with all applicable state statutes. If any of the requirements of this division are less than those in applicable state statutes, the state requirements shall prevail. All permitted installations shall be maintained in a neat, orderly condition so as to prevent injury to any single property and individual, or to the community in general.
(2) Tree buffers for junkyards. Buffers of tree cover shall be provided on the periphery of the property. The buffer shall be no less than 50 feet in width, and may be natural vegetation or planted evergreens if the existing cover is destroyed.
(3) No hazardous or toxic waste. No hazardous or toxic wastes, as defined by the Department of Environmental Quality, may be deposited or stored by any use in this group.
(4) Truck access. Routes for truck movement to and from the site shall be identified by the County Road Commission. Wear on public roads, traffic hazards and encroachment of noise, dust and other nuisances upon adjacent uses must be considered.
(5) Activity restrictions. No open burning shall be permitted and all industrial processes involving the use of equipment for cutting, compressing (other than landfill compaction operations), or packaging shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building.
(6) Fence requirements.
(a) Around incinerator. Berms and fences shall be constructed around any landfill or incinerator as required by the regulations promulgated by solid waste laws of the state. The berms and fences shall be placed on the interior of the vegetated buffers mentioned above and shall not decrease their width. Fences shall have a gate entrance that can be locked during hours when no operation is taking place.
(b) Around junk yard or resource recovery. A solid fence or wall at least eight feet in height shall be provided around the active area of a junk yard or resource recovery operation to screen said activity from surrounding property. Such fence or wall shall be of sound construction, painted or otherwise finished neatly and inconspicuously. All activities shall be confined within the fenced-in area. There shall be no stacking of material above the height of the fence or wall, except that moveable equipment used on the site may exceed the wall or fence height. No equipment, material, signs or lighting shall be used or stored outside the fenced-in area. Aesthetic and structural qualities of fencing shall be regulated by the Planning Commission at the time of site plan review.
(c) Around sewage treatment or disposal facility. All operations shall be completely enclosed by a wire link fence not less than eight feet high.
(Ord. passed 11-2-2005)