(a) Location for Small Compost Sites.
(1) Composting containers shall be located and designed so that seepage from the compost will not run off into public or private streets, storm sewers, drainage ditches, water retention basins, streams or lakes, nor across adjoining property lines.
(2) Small compost sites are allowed in the Open Space District, and as an accessory to a community garden in the Suburban Residential District and the Planned Unit District. Small compost sites may not be located closer than twenty (20) feet to any residential dwellings, except the dwelling on the property at which the compost pile is located.
(3) No compost activities may be conducted within twenty (20) feet of any body of water or area designated as flood plain or protected wetland.
(b) Permitted Materials for Small Compost Sites. Permitted composting materials for a small compost site include food scraps, garden and yard wastes, non-regulated weeds, lawn cuttings, leaves and prunings, poultry litter generated on-site only if the resulting compost is used on-site (Applicable Only to Open Space District), non-recyclable paper, and compostable plastics
meeting ASTM D6400 or ASTM D6868.
(c) Prohibited Materials for Small Compost Sites. The following compostable materials shall not be placed on a small composting pile: fats, oils, grease and lard, meat fish, poultry and bones, dairy, whole eggs, milk or other liquid dairy products, human or pet wastes, pesticides, herbicides, noxious weeds, charcoal or Duraflame ashes, treated wood products, animal manure, diapers, sanitary products, pet wastes or animal carcasses.
(d) Composting Operations at Small Compost Sites. All composting shall occur in a controlled, safe, and sanitary manner so as to minimize the creation or maintenance of any nuisances.
(e) Volume of a Small Compost Site. Any compost site that is allowed to compost more materials than permitted in a backyard compost container or with more than four (4) cubic yards of material on site at any one time is a small compost site. Small compost sites cannot exceed sixty (60) cubic yards of material on site at any time.
(f) Maintenance of Small Compost Sites. Compost materials shall be layered, aerated, moistened, turned and managed to promote effective decomposition of the materials in a controlled, safe and sanitary manner.
(g) Compost Use. When the composting process is finished and the compost resembles a soil-like humus or mulch material, it shall be used as a soil amendment. Finished or unfinished compost shall not be used in a manner causing a nuisance. Compost made with poultry litter must be used on-site. (Ord. 12-2019. Passed 7-17-19.)