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Foos 13 Sos Mrs. Mary Thor,.ton Yarborough, a member of Environmental Affairs Board, asked for a definition of Heavy Industry and asked if that includes a landfill. Mr. Leonard Barefoot, Director Planning, reported sanitary landfills are permitted by right in a Heavy Industry zone which means no conditions are listed and no hearing is required. Mrs. Laura Young of Deep River Road stated that we have enough land in industrial parks and it is not necessary to designate another area of the County for industrial use. There being no Chairman opened the rezoning request to Industrial District acres of land locat Township. further discussion on Item No. 1, the Vice floor for discussion on the second request. A rezone from Light Industrial District to Heavy (Conditional Use District) approximately 10 =_d at the end of Brown Road in West Sanford Mr. Barefoot advised the petition is for a Conditional Use District. The Ordinance requires that particular operation to be allowed only after a Special Use Permit is approved. A Conditional Use Permit is synonymous with the term Special Use Permit and requires approval of both the Planning Board and the Board of Commissioners. The petitioner is American Refuse Systems Waste Management Tire Recycling, Ltd. and it is for a tire retreading operation. Mr. Barefoot added there are several state applications for this particular type of use. He advised that the Environmental Affairs Board reviewed the matter and made the following recommendations: 1. The maximum amount of whole tires, in-process material and scrap on hand will not exceed 70,000 tires. 2. Tires to be stored in individual piles will not exceed 5,000 tires per pile and will be separated by fire lanes. 3. Tires will be processed within ten days or must be covered by six mill plastic. At no time will a tire be on site for more than thirty days. 4. Noise level at the facility perimeter will be maintained at 75 decibles or less. 5. The facility will be manned by an employee or guard service 24 hours a day, year round. 6. ARS will make available to the Northview Volunteer Fire Department equipment, supplies, utilities, and training necessary to extinguish tire fires involving a minimum of 70,000 tires. Mr. Barefoot introduced Mr. Grant Godwin, Director of Operations ARS Waste Management Tire Recycling, Pinehurst. Mr. Godwin reported that ARS-Waste Management proposes to utilize the property for the recycling of scrap tires. The property would be utilized on a short-term basis until the company can acquire and 2