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Minimum required depth of front, rear and side yards surrounding the waste boundary shall be 250 feet. No waste boundary shall be permitted within 750 feet of any dwelling or mobile home.
(Ord. 8, passed 10-23-1987, § 4.612; Ord. 3-2002, passed 5-3-2002) Penalty, see § 155.999
The site should be easily reached by highways or arterial roads. All roads to the site should be of sufficient width and constructed to safely handle all sizes of trucks when fully loaded during all weather conditions. Problems such as narrow bridges, low underpasses and steep grades on access routes must be avoided.
(Ord. 8, passed 10-23-1987, § 4.613; Ord. 3-2002, passed 5-3-2002) Penalty, see § 155.999
The following design features shall be incorporated into the site plans for a landfill.
(A) Access design and on-site roads.
(1) Particular attention must be given to proper, safe design of entrances and exits, with provision for right turn deceleration lanes, protected left turn lanes, acceleration lanes and, if needed, signalization of the intersection.
(2) Since the site should be accessible at all times, it is desirable to have several access routes so that if one route is temporarily unusable, the site can still be used.
(3) Distance of driveway entrance or exit from any adjacent lot line should be at least 125 feet, except for lots across the arterial road, off of which the access drive is located. Any portion of such access drive within 150 feet of the public street shall be paved or treated so as to be free of dust.
(4) The on-site roads to within 200 feet of the unloading area should be of all-weather construction and wide enough to permit two-way truck travel. Road grades should be designed for the largest fully-loaded trucks to travel at a reasonable rate. It is particularly important at large sites that traffic in and out of the area flow smoothly.
(B) Fencing and landscaping. The landfill area shall be enclosed with a substantial wall, fence or other adequate barrier at least five feet in height, to control access to the landfill site. The entrance gate must be capable of being locked and posted. A landscape strip, at least 50 feet in width shall be provided and maintained between the lot line and the waste boundary of the landfill. The Planning Commission may expand the size of the landscape strip to include a natural buffer such as an existing tree line. The required landscape strip shall consist of a triple row, staggered, planting of evergreen trees, at 15 feet on center, which are a minimum of six feet in height at the time of planting. Existing tree stands may be considered by the Planning Commission as meeting this buffer requirement if, in the opinion of the county’s Engineer, the existing tree stands will provide the same amount or greater buffer than the required landscape planting strip.
(C) Signs and directions. Only necessary identification and directional signs shall be permitted. If the site is open to the public, a sign shall be posted at the entrances to inform the public of the hours of operation, cost of disposal and rules and regulations regarding disposal. At large landfill operations, signs should be used on the site to direct users to the appropriate unloading area.
(D) Site operational standards. Operating standards to prevent adverse health hazards and other nuisance like problems and by requirements and regulations of the commonwealth.
(Ord. 8, passed 10-23-1987, § 4.614; Ord. 3-2002, passed 5-3-2002) Penalty, see § 155.999
(A) Inspection. An inspection of the entire site shall be made by the commonwealth’s Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet, Division of Waste Management, to determine compliance with the approved plans and specifications before earthmoving equipment is removed from the site. Any necessary corrective work shall be performed before the landfill project is accepted as completed. The compliance notification from the commonwealth’s Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet shall be submitted to the county’s Planning and Zoning Office.
(B) Subsequent maintenance. Arrangements shall be made and appropriate bond or irrevocable letter of credit posted to assure the repair of all cracks, and eroded or uneven areas in the final cover following completion of the fill, the closure of the landfill and the maintenance of the landfill after closure in accordance with the requirements and regulations of the commonwealth. Care must be taken to maintain good drainage and the surface contours as designed in the approved plans. Additional fill and cover material shall be used as necessary. The land shall be graded, backfilled and finished to a surface, which will:
(1) Result in a level, sloping or gently rolling topography in substantial conformity or desirable relationship to the original site and land area immediately surrounding;
(2) Minimize erosion due to storm water runoff. Such graded or backfilled area shall be sodded or surfaced with soil of a quality at least equal to the topsoil of vegetation producing land areas immediately surrounding and to a depth of at least six inches; and
(3) Trees, shrubs, legumes or grasses shall be planted as approved on the site development and operational plans.
(C) Decomposition, settlement and underground fires.
(1) Decomposition, settlement and underground fires are problems, which can occur after completion of the landfill operation. Precautions must be taken to prevent gases produced during decomposition from concentrating in sewers or other structures. The designer of structures to be placed on the site must provide the means to allow the gas to dissipate to the atmosphere and not into the structure.
(2) Concentrated foundation loading must be avoided to prevent foundation cracking in structures placed on the completed fill area. However, special engineering design such as use of pilings may be included in the plans for subsequent structures.
(3) Provisions for extinguishing underground fire must be made and the possibility of such an occurrence considered in the design of structures placed on the site.
(D) Subsequent land use.
(1) The subsequent land use of the completed landfill site may be determined at the time of initial approval of the landfill. However, in cases where the location of the site, duration of its operation or transitory nature of surrounding uses make a decision concerning subsequent use premature, this decision may be made at the time of completion of the landfill operation.
(2) In all cases, the future uses determination shall be based on consideration of the following factors:
(a) The relationship of the proposed use to the adopted Comprehensive Plan and other adopted community plans;
(b) The compatibility of the proposed use with existing development and development anticipated in the foreseeable future;
(c) The susceptibility of the proposed use to damage resulting from settlement and other hazards inherent in the area filled;
(d) The community need for the proposed use; and
(e) The availability of alternative locations for uses proposed.
(Ord. 8, passed 10-23-1987, § 4.615; Ord. 3-2002, passed 5-3-2002)
DEVELOPMENT PLAN REQUIREMENTS
Applicants requesting a zone map amendment to any Planned Unit Development District, Commercial District or Industrial District shall be required to submit a traffic impact study and a corresponding conceptual development plan with the zone map amendment application. Note: the subdivision and site plan regulations require development plans regardless of one building or multiple buildings.
(Ord. 8, passed 10-23-1987, § 5.02)
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