(A) General. Any landfill should be located on a site, which has suitable soil, hydrologic and geologic characteristics. Areas with karst topographic features may pose significant problems for proposed landfill sites. Any problems inherent in such a site must be demonstrated as capable of a satisfactory engineering solution. Therefore, there is a need for a soil report and a geologic report to determine if the soil, hydrologic and geologic characteristics meet required standards.
(B) Soil characteristics. A field survey must be made to determine that the site has:
(1) Sufficient impermeable material to form a seal between the base of the landfill and bedrock, and if the site is located above the kind of subsurface stratification which could leachate from the landfill to water sources, then impervious material must separate the landfill from unacceptable bedrock in accordance with the requirements and regulations of the commonwealth;
(2) Sufficient soil suitable for cover material with good workability and compaction characteristics;
(3) Slopes of less than 12%; and
(4) No flooding problems and is not within either a 100-year or 500-year base flood elevation, as determined by the National Flood Insurance Program, Flood Insurance Rate Maps for the county.
(Ord. 8, passed 10-23-1987, § 4.609; Ord. 3-2002, passed 5-3-2002) Penalty, see § 155.999