1. Any such use shall be a minimum of 100 feet from all public streets as measured from the ultimate right-of-way line of the road and 100 feet from any property line. Additionally, an incinerator or transfer facility shall be a minimum of 200 feet from any residential zoning district or occupied residential dwelling unit.
2. Truck and equipment parking and/or storage areas shall be a minimum of 100 feet from any property line.
3. Operation of a resource recovery facility shall at all times be in full compliance with the statutes of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the rules and regulations of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the provisions of this chapter. In the event that any of the provisions of this chapter are less restrictive than any present or future rules or regulations of the Department of Environmental Protection, the more restrictive Department of Environmental Protection regulations shall supersede and control.
4. Access to the site shall be limited to those posted times when an attendant is on duty. In order to protect against indiscriminate and unauthorized dumping, every resource recovery facility shall be protected by locked barricades, fences, gates, or other positive means designed to deny access to the area at unauthorized times or locations. Such barricades shall be at least six feet high and shall be kept in good repair and neatly painted in a uniform color.
5. A facility operator shall continuously supervise unloading of materials.
6. Hazardous waste as included on the list of hazardous waste maintained by the Department of Environmental Protection shall not be disposed of in a resource recovery facility.
7. Litter control shall be exercised to confine blowing litter to the work area and a working plan for cleanup of litter shall be submitted and approved by the Township to control blowing paper; there shall be erected a fence having a minimum height of six feet with openings not more than three inches by three inches along all boundaries. The entire area shall be kept clean and orderly.
8. All parts of the process, unloading, handling, and storage of municipal solid waste, shall occur within an enclosed building. However, certain separate recyclable materials like glass, aluminum, and other metals may be stored outdoors.
9. The storage of paper shall be within a building or other appropriate structure.
10. Any material stored outdoors shall be properly screened so as not to be visible from any adjacent street or property.
11. No material shall be placed or deposited to a height greater than the height of the fence herein prescribed.
12. No municipal solid waste shall be processed or stored at a recycling facility. For all other types of resource recovery facilities, municipal solid waste shall not be stored on the site for more than 72 hours.
13. A contingency plan for disposal of municipal solid waste during a plant shut down must be submitted to the municipality and approved by the governing body.
14. Leachate from the municipal solid waste and water used to wash vehicles or any part of the operation shall be disposed of in a manner in compliance with Department of Environmental Protection regulations. If the leachate is to be discharged to a municipal sewage treatment plant, appropriate permits shall be obtained from the applicable agencies and authorities. In no event shall the leachate be disposed of in a storm sewer, to the ground, or in any other manner inconsistent with Department of Environmental Protection regulations.
15. Waste from the resource recovery facility process (such as, but not limited to, ash from an incinerator) shall be stored in such a manner as to prevent it from being carried from the site by wind or water. This waste shall be located at least 150 feet from any lot line and stored in leak proof and vector proof containers. Such process waste shall be disposed of in a sanitary landfill approved by the Department of Environmental Protection or in another manner approved by the Department of Environmental Protection.
16. A dense evergreen buffer shall be provided on the outside perimeter of the fenced area. Evergreens shall be four to five feet in height and planted on ten-foot staggered centers. In addition, the buffer requirements of § 27-1506: Landscaping Buffering and Screening of this chapter shall be met.
17. Solid waste landfill operations and open burning of any materials is prohibited.
18. The environmental performance standards set forth in Part 15: GENERAL AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS of this chapter shall be met by all resource recovery uses.
19. The facility shall have direct access via a street or roadway that meets the standards for collector or arterial roadways as designated by the Township's Comprehensive Plan.
20. Public water and sewer is required.
In addition to the provisions set forth in this Part, the following uses shall meet all applicable supplementary and general regulations found in
Part 14: SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS and
Part 15: GENERAL AND PERFORMANCE STANDARDS of this chapter.
I District:
A structure may be erected or used, and a lot may be used or occupied, for any of the following purposes and no other; providing, however, that all new uses shall utilize municipal or public sewer and water services provided such service or capacity exists within 1,000 feet of the proposed use. On-site sewage disposal systems and on-site wells may be utilized until such public systems become available or are located within 1,000 feet from the proposed use.