Agenda - Council - 03/23/1982 - Laserfiche WebLink

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I I I I ! I I I I i I I I I I I - 3 - No final use is proposed for the site although the possibility of conversion to park or open space is mentioned in county reports. Access to the site would be provided by County Rd. 22 (Viking Blvd.). The 80-acre fill would be developed using the area fill technique and would have an estimated capacity of 1,600 acre-feet (2.5 million cubic yards). PROJECT REVIEW Criteria and guidelines are provided in the WMA against which the Council must review the county landfill inventories. Each site must be evaluated for con- sistency with the criteria and policies in the Council's Solid Waste Policy Plan and with respect to the statutory criteria. These include: o Land use and land use controls; o Existing and future development patterns; Environmental impacts; o Protection of agriculture and natural resources; Transportation and other services and facilities appropriate to land disposal; o Patterns of solid waste generation; o The facility's proposed final use; and o The quality of other potential sites. Analysis of the proposed site.w.ith respect to these eight areas follows. Land Use and Land Use Controls The buffer area at the northeastern corner of the site contains a mature oak grove. The site itself is currently cultivated and is zoned for agricultural uses. The existing landfill west of the site is zoned for general business. Areas near the site zoned for residential uses are shown on Figure 2. There are six homes in close proximity to the proposed site. Within a mile of the site there are now 90 homes and more than 150 platted lots. There are five small designated, undeveloped neighborhood' parks near the site and a larger community park. The site appears to be compatible with existing on-site and nearby land uses. The potential for additional residential development, particularly north of the site, may le~d to greater land use conflict in the future, although conflicts would be mitigated by the county's 750 foot buffer north of County Rd. 22. Council policy requires that sites should be visually compatible with adjacent property. Specifically, residential and other nonindustrial uses are compati- ble only if there are barriers to reduce noise and obscure public view. The site is well screened on the south by a marsh and Cedar Creek. On the north and east the site is wooded with additional screening proposed by the county. The existing landfill west of the site requires little buffering.