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HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93008_1267 (2)82O AMENDMENT TO IREDELL COUNTY SOLID WASTE ORDINANCE: Mr. Bill Pope, County Attorney, discussed the proposed amendment with the board of commissioners. He said the county commissioners adopted several months ago an ordinance restricting permitting solid waste disposal sites in the county and some other terms defining solid waste. This ordinance prohibits the solid waste sites for the by- products of rendering plants. Holly Farms, Inc. has bought land and proposed to inject the by-product into the soil, but learned that they were unable to do so under the County's new solid waste ordinance. Mr. Pope and Mr. Deal have met with officials of the Holly Farms industries, and a proposed amendment has been drawn to allow Holly Farms to continue their disposal in Iredell County. This amendment would allow Holly Farms to use adjoining property for disposal. Commissioner Ostwalt inquired if this waste is ever determined to be hazardous by the health department or other people of the community, does the law allow the county commissioners to cancel this ordinance. Mr. Pope answered his question, saying that the health department has power to stop anything that is a nuisance and clearly has the power to stop anything that is hazardous. Mr. Gene Cartner, a former official of Holly Farms, was present and raised questions about the particular piece of property that Holly Farms plans to use for solid waste injection disposal. He questioned why another property that was formerly under consideration was not being used. He believed the former property to be a better site. He said the waste was not a hazardous material. He mentioned that the property now under consideration was in a flood plain and had a 14% grade, which by State law, could not be tolerated. Mr. Dave Taylor, official of Holly Farms, responded to these questions. He said that approximately 15 acres of the 185 acres being proposed for the site was in a hundred -year flood plain. He also said that the grade was 121%, and that the state would tell them in what areas they can and cannot apply the sludge. «- Commissioner Stewart asked why the company would go to the expense of clearing the wooded area to inject when they would use another area and not have to go the the expense of clearing the land. Mr. Taylor responded that this was a 50 -year plan and they needed this amount of land to project the plan for that period of time. Commissioner Crosswhite inquired how many acres out of the 185 would be used for disposal. Mr. Taylor said 110 acres. Mr. Glenn Campbell, a neighboring resident of the area, asked why Holly Farms brought the sludge from Wilkes County to Harmony. He said Holly Farms brings in three loads and accumulates one load locally. Chairman Hedrick said the board is in the process of adopting the amendment, and the board is not required to hold a public hearing for this type of ordinance; however, he thought it might be in the best interest to hold one. He inquired if the board could hold a public hearing regarding this matter at the first meeting in August, which would be August 4. Mr. Taylor said they were working within a time frame and it was contingent upon the board's approval of the amendment to the ordinance. After further consideration, it was decided that the board would hold the hearing at the Harmony School Cafeteria, 7:00 p.m., July 16, 1987, for the purpose of hearing the people of the community regarding this proposed amendment. Chairman Hedrick appointed a committee of Commissioners Stewart and Murdock to meet with Mr. Taylor and other citizens of the area and report their findings to the board prior to the meeting on July 16, 1987. He requested the Clerk to the Board to contact the principal at Harmony School and arrange for the meeting and to run a display advertisement to notify the people of the Harmony area of the proposed meeting. APPOINTMENTS: The following appointments were made: REGION F ADVISORY BOARD: NOMINATION from Commissioner Crosswhite: Mrs. Viola Parker reappointed: Reverend Norman Joyner appointed. (These are two-year appointments, beginning July 1, 1987 and concluding June 30, 1989.) MOTION from Chairman Hedrick to close the nominations and appoint these two nominees by acclamation. VOTING: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0. CENTRALINA CERTIFIED DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: NOMINATION from Mrs. Crosswhite to appoint: Steven Robinson (two-year term, beginning July 1, 1987, and concluding June 30, 1989), Mrs. Joanne Rosenfeld (initial one-year term, beginning July 1, 1987, and concluding June 30, 1988.), and Frances Murdock (two-year term, beginning July 1, 1987, and concluding June 30, 1989.). There were no other nominations. n