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A special exception may be granted for a private solid waste transfer station, sanitary landfill, or incinerator, subject to the following provisions and in addition to the findings required in division 59-G-1:
(a) The proposed use must meet all applicable requirements and conditions for State of Maryland permits as set forth in Maryland Code Environment Article , Section 9-204 et seq. and Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR) Section 26.04.07.
(b) The applicant has provided a detailed plan, under which the applicant will be bound, showing the proposed truck haul route to the nearest major highway and traffic engineering studies and analyses demonstrating the effects of the proposed special exception use on present and projected levels of service, adequacy of the present and planned road system, road safety conditions, bridge capacity, and other factors related to traffic flow and safety. The Board must find that the proposed use will not adversely affect present and projected levels of service, adequacy of the present and planned road system, road safety conditions, bridge capacity and other factors related to traffic flow and safety. The detailed plan submitted by the applicant must include:
(1) a map of the hauling route indicating the classification of all roads and the width of the respective rights-of-way, as well as the number of lanes as built.
(2) the load limits of all bridges which the hauling route will cross,
(3) the segments of the road which are "closed" by curb and gutters, and "open" to roadside swales or ditches,
(4) the hours and days when the property will accept vehicles, and
(5) the steps which the applicant will take to maintain the hauling route free of debris from vehicles accessing or leaving applicant's facility and control the number of vehicles accessing and leaving the site on a daily, weekly, monthly, and extraordinary basis, and
(6) designation of on-site queuing spaces sufficient to accommodate the anticipated hauling vehicles without causing the vehicles to queue into the public right-of-way. The number of queuing spaces must be at least one-half of the number of trucks expected during the peak hours of operation.
(c) The applicant must have and adhere to an emergency notification and mitigation plan, acceptable to the Director, for instances when the presence of toxic, hazardous, or special medical wastes is discovered or suspected.
(d) The Board may limit hours of operation, number of vehicles and personnel employed, screening, landscaping, lighting, and method of operation to ensure that the conditions of Section 59-G-1.21(a) and this Section are met. The operator must maintain records of its operations that are acceptable and available to the Director for inspection during normal business hours.
(e) The site must be operated in a manner that contains noise, odors, air and water pollution at acceptable levels under County, State and federal laws or regulations. To protect the public health, safety and welfare, the applicant must provide on-site and off-site monitoring of air pollution, noise, ground water, and surface waters in accordance with a plan acceptable to the Director. The applicant must describe how the transfer station operations will conform to the water quality and quantity requirements of Chapter 19, without any waiver.
(f) The site must conform to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard 46, "Recommended Safe Practice for Storage of Forest Products" except that the standards are mandatory and not recommendations.
(g) Any transfer of solid waste or sorting of recyclable materials must occur only in a wholly enclosed building.
(h) The outdoor storage of solid waste or recyclable materials must be in leakproof, fly-and- rodent proof containers.
(i) Impervious surfaces must be provided for all areas where the handling, sorting, storage, or transporting of solid waste or recyclable materials occurs.
(j) Any water that comes into contact with solid waste must be discharged to the sanitary sewer system in conformance with an industrial discharge permit.
(k) Water runoff must be discharged only into the sanitary sewer system.
(l) A solid waste transfer station operation must not be located on any part of a floodplain or wetland, or within 300 feet of a stream.
(m) Each site must be accessible directly from a roadway consisting of sufficient lanes to provide separate turning lanes and through lanes for large trucks to assure safe ingress and egress and not impede through traffic.
(n) There must be at least a 200 foot buffer between the proposed sorting and storage operations and any lot line.
(Ord. No. 13-18, § 4; Ord. No. 13-68, § 4.)