(A) Certain landfills may be allowed within the zoning boundaries of the county when located in the appropriately zoned district and having obtained a special use permit issued by the Board of Adjustment.
(B) (1) Subject to high standards of planning and design, certain property outside the zoning boundaries may be used for the construction of landfills. In order for a landfill to be located in these areas an application shall be filed with the Solid Waste Director. The application will include a copy of the approved plan submitted to the state’s Solid Waste Management Division, and be subject to a public hearing before the Board of Commissioners.
(2) Due notice of the hearing shall be given to those land owners immediately adjacent thereto either in the rear thereof or on either side thereof; extending 100 feet therefrom, or of those directly opposite thereto extending 100 feet from the street frontage of the opposite lots; specifically, at least one week prior to the date of the hearing, the Solid Waste Director shall furnish all adjoining property owners with written notice of the hearing. Notice of a public hearing shall be published once a week for two consecutive calendar weeks in a local newspaper of general circulation. The landfill application shall not be approved except by favorable vote of a majority of all the members of the Board of Commissioners.
(3) It is unlawful to operate a landfill without the approval by the Board of Commissioners.
(Ord. passed 12-16-1991; Ord. 95-1, passed 1-9-1995; Ord. passed 7-21-1997; Ord. passed 9-22-1997) Penalty, see § 50.99