(A) Purpose. The Closed Landfill Restricted (CLR) District is intended to apply to former landfills that are qualified to be under the Closed Landfill Program of the State Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). The purpose of the district is to limit uses of land within the closed landfill, both actively filled and related lands, to minimal uses in order to protect the land from human activity where response action systems are in place and, at the same time, are protective of human health and safety. This district shall only apply to the closed landfill’s land management area, the limits of which are defined by the MPCA, and is legally described as shown on the zoning map amendment. This district shall apply whether the landfill is in public (MPCA, county, city, township), Indian tribal or private ownership.
(B) Permitted uses according to the closed landfill program land use plan approved by State Pollution Control Agency on file at the County Planning and Zoning office.
(1) Closed landfill management;
(2) Temporary waste tire storage;
(3) County storage and equipment maintenance; and
(4) Yard waste recycling.
(C) Accessory uses according to the closed landfill program land use plan approved by State Pollution Control Agency on file at the County Planning and Zoning office.
(1) Accessory uses allowed in this district include outdoor equipment or small buildings used in concert with gas extraction systems, other response action systems, monitoring wells or any other equipment designed to protect, monitor or otherwise ensure the integrity of the landfill monitoring or improvement systems. Fences and gates are permitted under these provisions.
(2) Accessory buildings for uses other than the landfill management must be located outside of the methane gas area of concern.
(D) Conditional uses according to the closed landfill program land use plan approved by State Pollution Control Agency on file at the Waseca County Planning and Zoning office. Conditional uses shall be limited to uses that do not damage the integrity of the land management area and that continue to protect any person from hazards associated with the landfill. Any application for a conditional use must be approved by the Commissioner of the MPCA and the county. Detailed site plan and management plans shall be required with conditional use permit applications.
(1) Such approved use shall not disturb or threaten to disturb, the integrity of the landfill cover, liners, any other components of any containment system, the function of any monitoring system that exists upon the described property, or other areas of the land management area that the Commissioner of the MPCA deems necessary for future response actions.
(a) Law enforcement firearms practice range conditioned on the approval of a site plan and management plan by the MPCA Commissioner and the county;
(b) Wildlife Management food plots and shelter belts;
(c) Solar energy conversion;
(d) Archery range/course; and
(e) Wind energy conversion.
(2) All conditional use permit uses must be approved by the Commissioner of the MPCA and the county.
(E) Prohibited uses and structures. All other uses and structures not specifically allowed as conditional uses, or that cannot be considered as accessory uses, shall be prohibited in the CLR District.
(F) General regulations. Requirements for site design and other regulations related to the uses of the property are included, but not limited to, those specified in Article 4 General Regulations and Article 5 General Environmental Regulations, within the County Unified Development Code.
(G) Amendments. Any amendment to this ordinance must be approved by the Commissioner of the MPCA and the county.
(Ord. 106, passed 2-21-2012)