§ 65.331. Yard waste site, municipal.

A site owned or leased by a governmental entity and approved by the city, the county and the state pollution control agency for the storage, transfer or composting of yard waste.

Standards and conditions:

(a)

Only yard waste and source-separated organics shall be accepted.

(b)

The municipal yard waste site shall be located no closer than three hundred (300) feet from any residentially used property as measured from the edge of the nearest compost pile to the nearest residentially used property.

(c)

The municipal yard waste site shall be enclosed by fencing or shall limit vehicular and pedestrian access through the use of berms, trees or other means. In industrial districts, the site may have greenhouses for composting yard waste.

(d)

The height of the compost pile shall be limited to no higher than fifteen (15) feet above grade. In residential districts, the size of the municipal yard waste site shall be limited to no more than three thousand (3,000) cubic yards of material per acre.

(e)

The site shall be maintained cleanly including the immediate removal of waste materials deposited on or near the site which cannot be composted.

(f)

Source-separated organics shall be for collection and transfer only, with no on-site composting of material. All source-separated organics shall be residentially generated and kept within leak-proof, closed containers while on the site, and shall be removed regularly.

(Ord 14-3, § 2, 2-12-14)