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Suitable buffer areas, berms, <br />barriers and vegetation shall be provided <br />to minimize noise, odors, landfill gas <br />migration, public safety, nuisances and <br />other impacts on adjacent properties. <br /> <br /> Buffer area is considered suitable <br />if there is a separation distance of <br />1,000 feet between a residence and any <br />part of the site where landfill activity <br />is proposed to take place. <br /> <br /> Suitable berms, barriers and <br />vegetation shall screen the landfill <br />activity area year 'round from property <br />within one mile of the landfill site. <br />Solid waste may not be used as berming <br />material. Screening shall provide a <br />minimum of 90% opacity year 'round. <br /> <br />(8) HEIGHT LIMITATION ON LANDFILL <br /> <br />ACTIVITY <br /> <br /> The height of a landfill becomes a <br />scenic blight and nuisance when the <br />landfill activity rises above any natural <br />or man made screening. Therefore, <br />landfills may not exceed the height of <br />the lowest berm, barrier or vegetation <br />surrounding the landfill site. <br /> <br />(9) REQUIRED PRACTICES FOR MAINTENANCE <br /> <br />AND OPERATION AND LANDFILLS <br /> <br /> Solid waste landfills shall be <br />operated and maintained in accordance <br />with the rules promulgated by the <br />commissioner of the MPCA and in <br />compliance with Section V of Anoka County <br />Ordinance 83-3 as may be amended from <br />time to time except as modified or <br />amended herein. <br /> <br /> A. Visual screening shall be <br />accomplished as provided in subsections <br />7 and 8 of this ordinance. <br /> <br /> B. A minimum separation distance <br />~f 1000' is required between a residence <br />~.l~d where landfill construction activity <br />is proposed to take place. <br /> <br />19 <br /> <br /> <br />