Submitted By: Emily W. Johnson
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Presentation By: Emily W. Johnson
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Department: Growth Management
OFFICIAL TITLE (Motion Ready):
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Ordinance to amend the code of ordinances Section 122-1225 to authorize the use of above-ground air curtain burners as an ancillary use to a Materials Recovery Facility as well as establishing conditions and limitations relating to such ancillary use (COD25-0004).
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OCALA'S RELEVANT STRATEGIC GOALS:
Economic Hub, Quality of Place
PROOF OF PUBLICATION:
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* Applicant: Friends Recycling, LLC
* Agent: Fred N. Roberts, Jr., Esq., Klein & Klein, PLLC
BACKGROUND:
The applicant owns a Construction & Demolition (C&D) landfill and Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) located at 2340 NW 27th Avenue. The applicant-initiated conversations with staff inquiring about adding an above-ground air curtain incinerator as part of their operations. Review of the existing land development regulations of the Materials Recovery Facility section by staff determined that a code amendment request to define and permit air curtain incinerators as an ancillary use would be necessary. The agent subsequently prepared an amendment to the Code of Ordinances requesting to amend the supplemental regulations for Materials Recovery Facilities (Section 122-1225).
The Ordinance proposes the following changes:
* Defines above-ground air curtain incinerators as a "portable or stationary device that operates by forcefully projecting a curtain of air across an open, integrated combustion chamber in which combustion occurs and which is designed to contain combustion and limit visible emissions during the combustion of permitted vegetative debris."
* Establishes limitations on the materials that may be burned in above-ground air curtain incinerators.
* Establishes a minimum setback of 200-feet from the property line of any residential zoning district, dwelling unit, church, daycare, school, hospital, or publicly accessible park, and 100 feet ...
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