8436-93 Amending Various Sections Throught Chapter 16 Refuse

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(d) Suitable sanitary facilities shall be provided for employees where operations continue for four (4) hour periods or longer per day. (e) All material delivered to the site shall be compacted and covered with six (6) inches of earth at the close of each working day. Final cover when establishing grade shall consist of at least two (2) feet of compacted earth. The earth cover material shall be inert and relatively free of organic matter, tree roots, branches, stone more than six (6) inches in diameter, bulky building materials and have a low clay content . (f) The face of the working fill shall be kept as narrow as possible and protection shall be afforded to control blowing papers and other debris . (g) Fills exceeding a six (6) foot lift shall require special approval from the Health Officer. (h) The location and operation of any refuse disposal site shall be in such a manner as not to contribute to the pollution of surface or underground waters groundwater where such pollution is deemed by the Health Officer as a hazard to the public health. (i) The finished area shall be sloped to provide drainage and seeded to prevent erosion. Such area surface shall be maintained for a period of two (2) years after being completed to correct any erosion or settling that may develop. (j) In operations where dust on the site and approaches thereto becomes a nuisance to adjacent property owners, the Health Officer shall require that dust control measures be provided. (k) A set-back line of at least thirty-five (35) feet from any surface or underground drainage ways shall be established for each disposal site . Land-fill disposal operations shall be located at least two hundred (200) feet from any private water supply and the location of any land-fill within eight hundred (800) feet of a public water supply is prohibited unless otherwise approved by the Health Department and appropriate Plan Commission or Board of Zoning Appeals . Sanitary land-fills shall not be established within three hundred (300) feet of any industrial or commercial building nor within six hundred (600) feet of any dwelling place except upon special permission and review of the County Health Department, appropriate Plan Commission or Board of Zoning Appeals . (1) Access road shall be designated and maintained so that traffic to the disposal site will flow smoothly and will not be interrupted by ordinary inclement weather. (m) Scavenging shall be permitted only if salvaged material is removed from the site daily and does not interfere with the orderly operation of the land-fill . This Section in no way precludes the right of a land-fill operator to prevent scavenging as a part of his operational standards . (n) Emergency equipment shall be available on the site or suitable arrangements made for such equipment from other sources during equipment breakdowns or during peak loads .