§ 155.098 LANDSCAPE WASTE COMPOSTING FACILITY.
   All applications for permit for the establishment, construction and operation of a landscape waste composting facility shall be subject to the following exhibits, rules and standards.
   (A)   Required exhibits shall include the following:
      (1)   A boundary survey at a scale of one inch equals 100 feet together with the complete legal description of the proposed property;
      (2)   A boundary map depicting the existing topography at no less than two-foot contours, showing the ownership of all adjacent property and the existence of any 100-year floodplains;
      (3)   A detailed site plan showing the existing and proposed drainage on and adjacent to the proposed site, plans for ingress and egress, internal access ways, existing and proposed buildings, structures, parking and landscape waste storage areas on the site, the location of all buildings within 500 feet of the proposed site boundary, the location of all wells within 500 feet of the proposed site boundary;
      (4)   Written plans for dust and odor control, fire protection and emergency response plan, a statement as to the depth of and the planned methods to be used to ensure that compost and/or leachate does not penetrate the water table, and the plans for collection and treatment of the leachate;
      (5)   A statement as to the landscape waste intended to be accepted, methods of handling, machinery and equipment requirements, materials anticipated to be produced at the site, handling and disposal plans for non-compostable landscape waste, site security, lighting and procedures for drop-off control;
      (6)   A list of all permits that have previously been issued on the site; and
      (7)   The intended hours of operation.
   (B)   Landscape waste composting facilities shall comply with the following rules and standards.
      (1)   Landscape waste composting facilities shall be located on a site containing at least ten acres.
      (2)   Landscape waste composting facilities shall be located outside the 100-year floodplain.
      (3)   Landscape waste composting facilities shall be prohibited from accepting, collecting, storing, or in any way placing on the site any municipal solid waste, garbage, junk, unlicensed and/or inoperative vehicles, building demolition waste or other debris.
      (4)   Landscape waste composting facilities shall be located no closer than 500 feet to any residential district, whether the district is under the jurisdiction of the county or a municipality having in effect its own zoning ordinance, 660 feet from a building used and intended to be used for residential purposes, 200 feet from any property line, and 500 feet from any potable water well.
      (5)   The open burning of landscape waste shall be prohibited on the site.
      (6)   All operators of landscape waste composting facilities shall make semiannual reports upon the total tons of landscape waste accepted and total tons of landscape waste marketed during the previous six months. This semi-annual report is due on July 15 and January 15 for the period covering the previous six months. This report shall be submitted to and shall be in the form prescribed by the Administrator.
(Prior Code, § 152.092) (Ord. passed 3-9-1976; Ord. passed 7-13-1995) Penalty, see § 155.999