Proposed Amendments to Chapter 32 Article V Solid Waste Management and Chapter 38 Zoning

1. Board of County Commissioners Proposed Amendments to Chapter 32 Article V Solid Waste Management and Chapter 38 Zoning 5:01 P.M. Public Hearing Presented by the Orange County Environmental Protection Division January 14, 2014

2. Presentation Outline • Background • Ordinance Review • Summary • Next Steps

3. Presentation Outline • Background • Ordinance Review • Summary • Next Steps

4. Background 1992 Solid waste management ordinance adopted 2005 Added “yard trash and land clearing debris recycling facilities” 2012 Environmental Streamlining Task Force recommends: • simplify permitting for yard trash recycling • reduce costs • increase recycling

5. Background What is yard trash? • Vegetative matter from landscaping maintenance and land clearing operations • Includes materials such as: • trees and tree stumps • shrub trimmings • palm fronds • grass clippings • associated rocks and soils • other vegetation

6. Yard trash Mulch and “fines” Mulch covering internal road paths

7. Equipment used for moving, grinding, screening, coloring, mixing, etc.

8. Waste containers Dyes to color mulch Equipment fuel and maintenance fluids

9. Background Public review process: Oct 2012 EPC Work Session Dec 2012 Stakeholder Workshop Dec 2012 EPC Briefing Mar 2013 Ag Advisory Board Apr 2013 EPC Final Approval Jun 2013 Local Planning Agency Aug 2013 LPA Finding of Consistency Sep 2013 BCC Public Hearing (1st) Dec 2013 BCC Work Session

10. Background BCC Work Session Recommendations Issue • incompatible zoning • decreased setbacks • storage issues • abandonment Recommendation • keep special exception • keep original setbacks • handle at special exception • financial assurance

11. Presentation Outline • Background • Ordinance Review • Summary • Next Steps

12. Ordinance Review Sec. 32-213. Definitions Yard trash processing facility: “A yard trash transfer station or a facility at which yard trash is processed into a size-reduced, usable material or is composted, but does not include a facility used for the disposal of yard trash.”

13. Ordinance Review Sec. 32-214. Permit Procedures. Current process treats small yard waste sites the same as Class I landfills. Development Review Committee Board of Zoning Adjustment Board of County Commissioners Environmental Protection Division

14. Ordinance Review Sec. 32-214. Permit Procedures. Existing • exempt if <200 cu yds • EPD permit if 200 cu yds or more • DRC review • BZA hearing • BCC hearing • financial responsibility required Proposed • no change • conditional exemption for 200 – 12,000 cu yds • no DRC review • BZA hearing • BCC consideration • commercial plan review • no change, but set at $25,000

15. Ordinance Review Sec. 38-77. Use table. Existing • special exception inI-2/3, I-4 • special exception inA-1, A-2 Proposed • special exception required if adjoining property is not Industrial or C-3 • adding I-1/5 • no change

16. Ordinance Review Sec. 32-216. Technical requirementsSec. 38-79. Conditions (120) Existing • 200 ft machinery setback from residential property • 150 ft processing and storage setback in I-2/3, and I-4 • 150 ft processing and storage setback in A-1, A-2 • no specific buffer yardin A-1, A-2 Proposed • same – but included residences • 50 ft setback when adjacent to Industrial or C-3 • no change • buffer yard Type C

17. Ordinance Review Sec. 32-216. Technical requirementsSec. 38-79. Conditions (120) Existing • fire lanes • dust control • litter control • vector control • odor control • noise control • access control • no explicit pile height limit Proposed • no change • no change • no change • no change • no change • no change • same, but no longer specify 6 ft fence • 25 ft pile height limit

18. Ordinance Review Sec. 32-216. Technical requirementsSec. 38-79. Conditions (120) Existing • unauthorized waste control • could stockpile 12,000 cu yds unprocessed material indefinitely • after size-reducing, remove within 18 months Proposed • same, but also remove from bags within 48 hours • all material must be size-reduced within 12 months of intake • no change

19. Presentation Outline • Background • Ordinance Review • Summary • Next Steps

20. Summary Benefits to operator • save money ($9K application fees + consulting costs) • save time (6+ months review) Benefits to County • may increase recycling • conserve landfill space • may increase storm debris recovery infrastructure • focus staff resources on larger sites

21. Summary • Simplify permitting for small-scale operations • Continue to address environmental and nuisance issues

22. Presentation Outline • Background • Ordinance Review • Summary • Next Steps

23. Next Steps • No action necessary at this hearing • BCC Adoption Public Hearing scheduled for January 28, 2014 at 2:00 P.M.

24. Board of County Commissioners Proposed Amendments to Chapter 32 Article V Solid Waste Management and Chapter 38 Zoning 5:01 P.M. Public Hearing Presented by the Orange County Environmental Protection Division January 14, 2014