The following site location standards must be met, if at all possible, for they are designed to protect the public health, safety, and welfare; and these standards must be balanced against the community's economic and environmental costs for the extraction of such minerals.

12a.51 Soil And Geologic Criteria. The geologic quadrangle map of Daviess County, Kentucky, 1972, prepared by the Kentucky Geological Survey, designates areas within Daviess County where coal deposits may be found. The Owensboro Metropolitan Planning Commission shall make use of such maps as a general guide in reviewing applications for (EX-1) zoning classifications.

12a.511 Soil Characteristics. An investigation must be made to determine:

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the agricultural potential of the land, Prime agricultural land as defined by the U. S. Soil Conservation Service shall be protected from normal mining procedures as permitted under K. R. S. 350, 351 and 352.

12a.52 Restricted Buffer Areas. Coal mining shall not be permitted within a minimum of one hundred (100) feet of a public right-of-way nor within a minimum of three hundred (300) feet of a neighboring residential, commercial or industrial developed property. This minimum may not be adequate in all cases and may be re-established dependent on circumstances of individual cases. Factors to be considered are set out in Article XII, Subsection 12.53.

12a.53 Access Design. Particular attention must be given to proper, safe design of entrances and exits to public highways. Entrance onto a public highway should not exceed a maximum of three per cent (3%) minus grade for a distance of one hundred feet (100') from the highway right-of-way. Proposed entrance and exit locations with existing plus grades shall be leveled (to zero grade) for a distance of thirty (30) feet from the right-of-way. An additional seventy (70) feet with a maximum three per cent (3%) plus grade shall also be provided. Sight distance along the through roadway at such intersections or entrances shall be ten (10) feet for each one (1.0) MPH of speed limit but not less than three hundred fifty (350) feet. In addition, sight distance along the stop leg of the intersection or entrance shall be not less than thirty (30) feet.

12a.54 Signs and Directions. Only necessary identification and directional signs shall be permitted. Signs shall not exceed forty (40) square feet in area and shall not be located on public right-of-way.