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

Board of County Commissioners. Proposed Amendments to Chapter 32 Article V Solid Waste Management and Chapter 38 Zoning. 2:00 P.M. Public Hearing Presented by the Orange County Environmental Protection Division January 28, 2014. Presentation Outline. Background Ordinance Review

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

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  1. Board of County Commissioners Proposed Amendments to Chapter 32 Article V Solid Waste Management and Chapter 38 Zoning 2:00 P.M. Public Hearing Presented by the Orange County Environmental Protection Division January 28, 2014

  2. Presentation Outline • Background • Ordinance Review • Summary • Action Requested

  3. Presentation Outline • Background • Ordinance Review • Summary • Action Requested

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

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

  7. 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

  8. Presentation Outline • Background • Ordinance Review • Summary • Action Requested

  9. 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.”

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. Presentation Outline • Background • Ordinance Review • Summary • Action Requested

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

  18. Presentation Outline • Background • Ordinance Review • Summary • Action Requested

  19. Action Requested • Determine that Proposed Ordinance will not have a substantial impact on the development of real property within Orange County • Adopt the Ordinance amending Chapter 32, Article V, and Chapter 38, relating to Solid Waste Management

  20. Board of County Commissioners Proposed Amendments to Chapter 32 Article V Solid Waste Management and Chapter 38 Zoning 2:00 P.M. Public Hearing Presented by the Orange County Environmental Protection Division January 28, 2014

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