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use policies and plans shall not preclude Council approval of a waste facility, if waste <br />management policy considerations must take precedence. <br /> <br />4b. Waste facility sites should be compatible with existing and planned metropolitan systems. <br /> <br />Waste facilities shall maintain proper site appearance and reasonable times of operation. To <br />the extent possible, waste facility sites should be visually compatible with adjacent property <br />or development. Operational areas of solid waste facilities should generally be screened from <br />public view. Barriers, buffer zones and operating time limitations may be required to reduce <br />nuisance problems. <br /> <br />Waste facility sites shall be accessible, during periods waste will be accepted, by roadways with <br />weight beating and vehicle carrying capacity adequate to accommodate facility generated <br />traffic. Adequate weight bearing capacity for large trucks is ten-ton or better. Adequate <br />traffic flow capacity is defined as service level D or better. This level must be achievable at <br />the site entrance intersection and for through traffic in the immediate vicinity of the site <br />entrance during the peak traffic period for waste disposal activity. Access to the site must not <br />depend on the use of local and collector streets through residential areas. <br /> <br />A proposed waste facility site should be capable, to the extent possible, of being returned to <br />a use anticipated in..~the plan of a m~tropolitan agency, county or local unit of government <br />after closure. of the facility. Land-use restrictions and closure dates may be placed on the <br />facility compatible with the development of future uses for the site. <br /> <br /> 4f. The large size and potential height of land disposal facilities should be evaluated to determine <br /> whether they would excessively dominate the surrounding landscape. The percentage of <br /> residences that would have direct Iine of sight exposure within five kilometers of major <br /> facilities will be predicted by using the Minnesota Land Management Information System, if <br /> possible. <br />erride of local zoning if it <br />determines that the following conditions have been met and, based on thorough study <br />and public hearing, the need for a facility should take precedence over unrestricted <br />local controls: <br /> - A facility permit has been or will be issued by the MPC& <br /> - The facility is consistent with the Council and county solid waste <br /> _ management plans, and <br /> A local government has denied the establishment or operation of the <br /> facility. <br /> <br />Denial, for purposes of override consideration, will have the following meaning: <br /> a local land use determination (occurring after a potential landfill site has <br /> been identified, or in response to a formal application or plan requesting local <br /> governmental authorization to develop a solid waste facility) which directly <br /> prohibits the use of identified property for the proposed facility (e.g. <br /> conditional or special use permit denial) or through indirect measures (fees, <br /> <br />76 <br /> <br /> <br />