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Page 1 of 4 Ogden City Council Work Session: November 13, 2018 ELIMINATING WASTE TRANSFER STATIONS AS A CONDITIONAL USE Purpose of Discussion: To review and discuss a proposal to eliminate waste transfer stations as an allowable use in the city. Planning Commission Recommendation: Approval of the proposed amendment (5-2) Executive Summary The City Council will discuss a proposed ordinance to no longer allow waste transfer stations in the Manufacturing and Industrial Zone the only zone currently allowing waste transfer stations in the city. The Planning Commission held work session discussions for this item on Aug. 15, 2018 and Oct. 17, 2018, and made a recommendation of approval for the Council on Nov. 7, 2018. Background October 30, 2018 The City Council held an initial discussion to review the notice of pending ordinance and proposal to eliminate the option for waste transfer stations. Additional Background Ogden City currently allows waste transfer stations as a conditional use in the Manufacturing and Industrial Zone Conditional use permits are issued by the Planning Commission, and there are currently no conditional use permits issued for waste transfer stations within the city. The waste transfer station conditional use was initially included as an option in anticipation for the Weber County Waste Transfer Station (at 867 Wilson Lane) to possibly be annexed into Ogden City. However, recent annexation requests from the county did not include this change and this is no longer expected to occur. ---PAGE BREAK--- Page 2 of 4 Ogden City Council Work Session: November 13, 2018 A waste transfer station differs from a recycling processing center, and although waste may be mixed in with and contaminate recyclable materials, the removal of this waste is considered a secondary and not a primary operational function. Ogden Code § 15-2-24 – Waste Transfer Station Defined The use of any lot, portion of a lot, or tract of land for the receiving, processing and immediate off-site disposal of solid waste to a permanent disposal site. This may include the temporary collection of recyclable materials and household hazardous waste as an accessory use. Ogden Code § 15-2-19 – Recycling Processing Center Defined A facility that accepts, stores or processes recyclable materials, whether or not maintained in connection with another business. Processing includes baling, briquetting, crushing, compacting, grinding, shredding, sawing, shearing, and sorting of recyclable materials and the heat reduction or melting of such materials. Recycling processing center includes junk or salvage yards where processing of recyclable material is included, but does not include recycling drop off stations or recycling collection stations. The Administration posted a notice of pending ordinance on June 5, 2018, temporarily prohibiting waste transfer station conditional use permit applications for 180 days (expiring December 2, 2018). Planning Commission November 7, 2018 Planning Staff recommended approval of the zone text amendment to modify the code and no longer allow the option of having a waste transfer station in the M-2 zone. Four individuals provided comment during the public hearing, three recommending approval of the proposal and one recommending denial. The Planning Commission approved a recommendation of approval for the zone text amendment with a 5-2 vote. Commissioners Blaisdell and Castillo voted no, expressing a desire to evaluate options to work within the existing ordinance. ---PAGE BREAK--- Page 3 of 4 Ogden City Council Work Session: November 13, 2018 October 17, 2018 David Rawson from Recycled Earth presented during the Planning Commission work session regarding his local recycling business and future needs to handle municipal waste. August 15, 2018 The Planning Commission discussed this pending ordinance during its work session meeting. Planning staff invited some representatives who might be affected by the proposal to attend the meeting, including: Beth Holbrook, Waste Management; John Watson, Weber County Solid Waste; and David Rawson (represented by Brandon Hosley), Recycled Earth The discussion included invited representatives commenting on the current challenges of managing waste, recycling, and some of the impacts of waste transfer stations (rodents, noise, litter escaping trucks, etc.). Mr. Watson from Weber County Solid Waste also described that the Weber County facility is able to meet area needs and is not anticipated to exceed capacity in the foreseeable future. Mr. Rawson was unable to attend and instead presented to the Planning Commission during its October 17th work session meeting. August 1, 2018 The Planning Commission amended the recycling processing center conditional use permit to revise uses and the site plan for Recycled Earth at 3027 Midland Drive. This included language clarifying that waste transfer station uses would not be permitted as a condition of this, given the pending ordinance regulations. July 11, 2018 The Planning Commission determined that the public hearing for this item be continued. Proposal The Administration has provided the Council with a draft ordinance requesting removal of waste transfer stations as an allowable use in the Manufacturing and Industrial Zone ---PAGE BREAK--- Page 4 of 4 Ogden City Council Work Session: November 13, 2018 This proposal does not include a modification to remove the established standards associated with a waste transfer station, and the included definition for waste transfer station is anticipated to remain unchanged. Ogden Code § 15-21-2 – Proposed Ordinance Amendment Uses Allowed in the Manufacturing and Industrial Zone (M-2) Waste Transfer Station. C N (C – Conditional use permit and N – Not allowed) This proposed change is not anticipated to impact current recycling processing center conditional uses. (CS note: The Recycling Processing Centers definition is on Pg. 2 of this report, and associated standards are listed in Ogden Code: § 15-23-5.H.) Proposed Timeline November 20, 2018 – Council consideration of ordinance. Questions for Administration 1. Please provide an overview of the Planning Commission’s recommendation. 2. Please describe why the proposed ordinance does not address removing the standards associated with waste transfer stations (Ogden Code § 15-23-5.i). Attachments 1. M-2 Zones Maps 2. Notice of Pending Ordinance published June 5, 2018 3. Draft Ordinance 4. Ogden Code § 15-23-5.i – Waste Transfer Station Standards 5. Planning Commission Work Session August 15, 2018 Packet Minutes 6. Planning Commission Work Session October 17, 2018 Packet 7. Planning Commission Regular Meeting November 7, 2018 Packet Council Staff Contact: Amy Sue Mabey, (801)629-8629 ---PAGE BREAK--- Manufacturing and Industrial (M-2) Zones Washington Blvd. Harrison Blvd. Wall Ave. 12th Street 24th Street 30th Street 36th Street 2nd Street Mountai n R d. Midland Drive Hi n c kl ey Drive 15 Legend / 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 Miles Source: Ogden City GIS Published: November 2018 Ogden City Boundary Streets M-2 Zone Adjacent Cities Marriott-Slaterville Farr West West Haven Harrisville South Ogden Roy ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- Ogden Code § 15-23-5.I I. Waste Transfer Station: 1. Purpose: The purpose of the following is to protect against the environmental health, safety, and aesthetic concerns created by this land use. Such concerns include, but are not limited to: the general circulation and stacking patterns of user vehicles, odors, blowing trash, rodent control, noise, visual pollution, limitations on future land use, use and marketability of surrounding properties, off site needs and impacts, and architectural quality. The following minimum standards and conditions shall be imposed by the planning commission in and upon their determination that the specific location meets the requirements of chapter 7 of this title. 2. Site Development Standards: A site plan for a waste transfer facility shall comply with the following minimum development standards: a. Access: The site must have access to a major collector or arterial roadway without introducing user vehicles onto local roads that are primarily used for residential traffic. b. Off Site Circulation: Off site roads shall be capable of handling vehicles traveling to and from the facility without disrupting normal traffic flow of a public street. In order to maintain the traffic flow such things as directional signing, turning lanes, turning islands, traffic signals, etc., need to be in place. If these types of improvements are to be installed, the improvements must be reviewed and approved by the local, state, or federal entity responsible for such road. c. On Site Circulation: The site plan shall demonstrate adequate on site queuing and circulation lanes (loop patterns) that reflect the design complexity and capacity of the site for use by commercial trucks and private vehicles. The circulation patterns shall segregate self-haul from commercial or municipal traffic and prevent crossing patterns between them. d. Queuing Lanes To Scales: All queuing lanes, from the public road to the scales, shall provide adequate on site distance for accepting user vehicles arriving to the site to prevent stacking of user vehicles onto a public road. In no case shall the on site queuing distance be less than two hundred feet (200'). e. Setbacks; Main Building: All main buildings used for waste transfer activities shall be set back a minimum of one hundred feet (100') from all property boundaries. The planning commission may reduce the setback if it is determined that a reduction in the setback: 1. Provides adequate room to reduce the environmental impacts (noise, odor, unsightliness) to surrounding properties, including public rights of way; ---PAGE BREAK--- 2. Provides adequate room for the site circulation system; 3. Provides adequate room to provide landscape buffering that will visually enhance the site, screen objectionable views and define circulation patterns when considering the areas between buildings and circulation systems, between circulation systems and property lines and between buildings and property lines; and 4. Utilizes the topography to minimize visual impacts of the buildings and to screen objectionable views. f. Perimeter Setback: All other buildings, access lanes, circulation lanes, parking lots, recycling areas, and other related activities shall be set back a minimum of twenty five feet g. Environmental Protection: No part of the transfer building and its accessory ramps and access lanes, recycling or household hazardous waste collection centers shall be located within fifty feet (50') of an open or unsealed drainage canal, stream, pond, or other body of water. h. Landscaping: A landscaping plan shall be submitted with the site plan depicting the purpose, design, and layout of all landscaped areas. All landscaping shall be designed, installed and maintained to serve the following purposes: buffer or screen the site, parking, buildings, recycling areas, and waste transfer operations from public view from public rights of way and adjoining properties. All landscaping shall meet the following minimum standards: 1. Types Of Trees: Use of coniferous and deciduous trees, of which no more than forty percent (40%) of the types of trees are deciduous; 2. Height Of Trees: All trees must be a minimum of ten feet (10') in height at the time of planting; 3. Shrubs: Shrubs used for screening must be a minimum of forty two inches (42") in height at the time of planting, at a spacing no greater than three feet on center; 4. Ground Cover: Living ground cover and new turf grasses must be planted to cover the ground within three years; 5. Irrigation: An underground irrigation system must be installed to maintain all landscaping; 6. Perimeter Setback: The perimeter setback shall incorporate landscaping (trees, berms, hedges, grasses, etc.) which shall be installed and maintained to buffer or screen objectionable views into the site. There shall be a minimum of five trees per one thousand (1,000) square feet of landscaped area; ---PAGE BREAK--- 7. Access And Circulation Lanes: Landscaping trees, hedges, berms, decorative walls, etc.) shall be installed and maintained to define and screen views of the access and circulation lanes for the facility; 8. Parking Lots And Accessory Recycling Areas: Landscaping trees, hedges, berms, decorative walls, etc.) shall be installed and maintained to define and screen views of the parking lots and accessory recycling areas for the facility; and 9. Areas To Be Landscaped: All areas not used for buildings, recycling areas, parking, circulation and access lanes, shall be landscaped and maintained. i. Building Orientation And Site Design: 1. All building orientations, landscaping, screening walls or fencing must be designed, installed, and maintained to control windblown trash, provide security, and prevent direct views, from a public street and adjacent properties, into the interior of any waste transfer structure. 2. All features such as fences, walls, container enclosures, light fixtures, and secondary buildings shall be designed to be consistent with the architectural design of the main building. j. Building Design And Architectural Form: 1. Building facades shall incorporate elements such as stepbacks, offsets, angled facets, deep roof overhangs, recesses and/or other architectural features which serve to diminish scale. Pitched roof forms are preferred in order to enhance the compatibility of structure. However, under certain circumstances, a stepped roof form may be used to achieve a similar effect. 2. All mechanical equipment which is located on the roof shall be screened from view, from adjacent public roads or adjacent properties, in an architecturally compatible manner with the building. 3. All signing shall be compatible or similar in nature with the architectural theme of the facility. 3. Waste Transfer Facility Operation Standards: All applications for development of a waste transfer facility shall submit a "detailed operations plan" which shall include the following: a. Waste Transfer Activities: All on site waste transfer and accessory recycling materials or household hazardous waste collection activities shall be conducted within enclosed buildings (except for "limited recycling" conducted in accordance with subsection G of this section). ---PAGE BREAK--- b. Dust And Odor Control: The facility shall demonstrate that adequate odor and dust control systems are to be operated and maintained frequent wash downs, water sprays, and ventilation fans). c. Overnight And Continual Or Outdoor Storage: Overnight and continual storage of waste is prohibited, except for recyclable materials and household hazardous waste or sealed waste containers awaiting shipment recycle containers, railcars, and trailers). The operations plan shall identify the time frame for the temporary storage and transfer of recyclable materials and household hazardous waste or sealed waste containers. Outside storage of solid waste, recyclable materials and household hazardous waste is prohibited. d. Acceptance Of Waste: Waste shall not be accepted before seven o'clock (7:00) A.M. and after seven o'clock (7:00) P.M. to ensure that adequate time is provided to conduct required wash downs and cleaning activities and minimize impact on surrounding properties. e. Storage And Maintenance Of Equipment: The storage and maintenance of trucks, loaders, and equipment shall be done within enclosed buildings. f. Environmental Quality: The facility shall be designed to protect air quality and surface and ground water. Appropriate monitoring systems shall be installed in the facility and/or included in the operating plan to detect emissions or discharge of contaminants and household hazardous waste from the facility into the atmosphere or surface and ground water. g. Mitigation Of On And Off Site Impacts: The operating plan shall include provisions to mitigate or establish enforcement measures regarding on and off site impacts, but not be limited to litter control, cleanup procedures, odor, noise, road damage, and other waste transfer facility related impacts litter crews, mitigation fees, interlocal agreements, tarp violation enforcement and tracking, etc.). h. Mitigation Of Noise: The maximum permissible noise level at the property line between the transfer station and the receiving property is sixty (60) dBA for a residential receiver, sixty five (65) dBA for commercial receiver, and seventy (70) dBA for a manufacturing receiver. The following qualifiers apply to the above maximum levels: 1. Combined Background And Facility Noise: In the case where the combined background and facility noise results in a noise level above the respective dBA for each receiver, the relative increase shall not exceed three dBA over the background. 2. Nighttime Reduction: Reduce by ten (10) dBA at night (10:00 P.M. to 7:00 A.M.) for residential receiving properties. 3. Reduction For Certain Sounds: Reduce by five dBA for impulsive or pure tone sounds for any receiving property at any time. ---PAGE BREAK--- 4. Short Duration Increase: Increase for a short duration for any receiving property at any time: A. Increase by five dBA for fifteen (15) minutes in any one hour period. B. Increase by ten (10) dBA for five minutes in any one hour period. C. Increase by fifteen (15) dBA for 1.5 minutes in any one hour period. 5. Public Education And Recycling Programs: The waste facility operating plan shall identify plans and programs that are to be implemented to educate or provide to the public information regarding use of the facility, proper recycling materials and hazardous waste disposal, yard waste disposal or composting, and other related activities. These programs must be designed to help educate the public about using the facility, minimize traffic by educating and directing users to appropriate alternative disposal sites off site recycling centers, back yard or commercial composting sites), and to provide needed capacity for the management of solid waste for the anticipated future population growth of the waste transfer facility's service area. ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- OGDEN CITY PLANNING COMMISSION 2549 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD OGDEN, UTAH AGENDA October 17, 2018 Work Session 5:30 p.m. TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE OGDEN CITY PLANNING COMMISSION There will be a work session of the Ogden City Planning Commission held Wednesday, October 17, 2018 at 5:30 p.m. in Room 310 of the Ogden City Municipal Building, 2549 Washington Boulevard. The following items will be discussed during the work session. 1. Discussion, Waste Transfer Stations in Ogden City. a. David Rawson will present his ideas dealing with recycling/waste transfer, etc. 2. Presentation of Commissioners from Utah APA Conference Angel Castillo Dave Graf Lillie Holman Bryan Schade Janith Wright In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons needing auxiliary communicative aids and services for this meeting should contact the Management Services Department at 629-8701 (TTY/TDD: 711 or [PHONE REDACTED]) or by email: [EMAIL REDACTED] at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting. CERTIFICATE OF POSTING The undersigned, duly appointed City Recorder, does hereby certify that the above notice and/or agenda was posted in accordance with Utah State Code Annotated 52-4-202(3) on this 12th day of October, 2018 in the following places: 2nd floor foyer of the Ogden City Municipal Building; the Utah State Public Notice website, the Ogden City website, and provided to the Standard Examiner. Tracy Hansen, Ogden City Recorder ---PAGE BREAK--- Memo To: Planning Commission From: Greg Montgomery Date: October17, 2018 Re: Planning Commission Work Session 1. Continuation of waste transfer station discussion The Planning Commission in August heard from Beth Holbrook of Waste Management and also John Watson who manages the Weber County Transfer station to understand the operations of solid waste and recyclable operations. Mr. David Rawson of Recycled Earth was not able to attend that meeting and the first portion of the work session will be to see his views of how recycling and waste transfer operations occur and what their future might be. Municipal waste is handled in two ways 1.Sorting at home mixed waste into garbage can Presorted recycable materials into recycling cans Curb side Container pick up Planning Division 2549 Washington Blvd. Suite 140 Ogden, Utah 84401 ---PAGE BREAK--- Materials taken to collection point Individually By contracted waste hauler Presorted materials to recycling center Mixed materials to transfer station (single stream, clean MRF (material recovery facility) Dirty MRF, Mixed transfer station Poor market conditions or contaminated items Items sorted by types, bundled and Material transported to landfills. shipped to markets ---PAGE BREAK--- 2. Can be same first steps as #1 or garbage is comingled in collection containers Then taken to collection point by individual Contracted waste hauler Waste transfer station, Comingled waste, Municipal waste facility, dirty MRF Recyclables sorted from waste Items sorted by types, bundled and Material transported to landfills. shipped to markets ---PAGE BREAK--- The dirty waste is taken to either Tooele or the BayView facility that has been created in southern Utah County, The first part of the meeting is to listen to the local business concern that deals with recyclables and where he sees the future of municipal waste handling. No action will be taken at this time as it is a work session but it will help to gain understanding of this essential service and generate thoughts as the public hearing regarding waste transfer stations will be held at the November regular planning commission meeting. 2. Report from Planning Commissioners on the sessions of the recent Utah APA Conference October 4 and 5 was the Utah APA Conference. There were 5 planning commissioners who attended the conference and we would like to have some time for them to share their impressions of what they attended and things we may want to be looking at in the planning efforts of the city. ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK---