Upper Frederick Township
City Zoning Code

Prior to the onset of operation of a solid waste disposal facility, or expansion thereof, a permit must be obtained by the applicant from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for the operation.

The Board of Supervisors and/or its authorized representatives shall, from time to time, be permitted to inspect the solid waste disposal and/or recycling facilities and operations to assure continued compliance with this article, with the expenses of inspection to be borne by the facility operator.

The Board of Supervisors reserves the right to own and operate any and all solid waste disposal facilities in the Township, including the rights to:

Minimum lot size and width, exclusive of existing rights-of-way of public roads. Ten acres with a minimum lot width of 750 feet.

Building setback from ultimate right-of-way, any zoning district boundary and any property boundary: 250 feet.

Side or rear setback for an accessory building not associated with the operation of the solid waste facility: 100 feet.

Constitute a nuisance or damage to health or any property by reason of dissemination of noxious, toxic or corrosive fumes, smoke, odor, debris or dust in the immediately surrounding area or beyond the district boundary line.

Result in noise or vibration clearly exceeding the average intensity of noise or vibration occurring from other causes, measured at the property line.

Endanger surrounding areas by reason of radiation, fire or explosion.

Discharge any untreated or incompletely treated waste into any stream; or otherwise cause or contribute to the pollution of surface or underground waters.

Endanger the underground water level or supply for other properties.

Create an objectionable traffic condition on the highways or in an adjacent area; or generate a nuisance to surrounding property by reason of traffic.

Create any objectionable condition in an adjoining area which will endanger public health and safety or be detrimental to the environmental quality of the surrounding area.

Include a municipal waste landfill unless it is a part of a solid waste disposal facility, owned and operated by Upper Frederick Township or its agent, and is used only as an accessory to dispose of ash, residues, reject material and other bypassed solid wastes as generated by a resource recovery and/or incineration facility.

Dispose of any solid waste other than municipal waste, as defined herein, and the ash, residue, reject material and other material generated from municipal waste.

Any public road used to provide direct access to a disposal operation for routine, daily use shall be paved and maintained in good condition, in compliance with the standards of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, for the type of heavy trucking which are necessary for operation.

The Board of Supervisors may designate safe and adequate access routes and prohibit the use of other roads, except for local trash pickup purposes.

The minimum paved cartway for access roads shall be 26 feet, with four-foot wide improved shoulders on both sides.

The access driveway into the disposal facility shall be of sufficient length that stopped disposal vehicles entering the facility are not stopped along the public road outside the facility.

The costs of upgrading and maintaining major access roads to the disposal operation shall be paid for by the disposal operation in a means suitable to the Supervisors. Assessments and/or dumping fees are examples of suitable methods.

A solid waste disposal facility site, including all improvements thereon, shall be screened from view from adjoining residential or institutional uses or districts by a buffer zone of a minimum 200 feet between said site and improvements, and any adjoining property in which shall be placed a planting screen consisting of a variety of evergreen trees in a solid double row with a minimum height of nine feet so as to create a visual screening of said site and improvements from all adjoining real property, and shade trees, two-inch caliper by a minimum height of eight feet, informally arranged, in a number equivalent to one tree per 50 linear feet of buffer.

Materials collected, stored or processed at a recycling facility shall be screened from view from adjacent roads or properties by complete enclosure in a building, opaque screening by solid fencing, walls or dense vegetation, or by location on a site such that the operation is not visible or is screened by existing vegetation on the site.

Adequate provisions will be made to reduce and minimize any objectionable elements to the degree necessary to insure that the proposed use(s) will not be noxious, hazardous or offense as define herein.

The proposed use will comply with the other standards contained herein.

The applicant submit necessary information, impartial expert judgments and written assurances.

The applicant obtain the advice of appropriate local, state and federal agencies and of private consultants.

The applicant's proposed use(s) comply with such tests or provides such safeguards in addition to those listed herein, as deemed necessary by the Supervisors, upon the advice of the Township Engineer.

The primary and secondary effects of the use and its capacity to stimulate or induce changes in patterns of social and/or economic activities.

The impact on existing community facilities and activities, changes in natural conditions, etc.

The study must demonstrate that the proposed use will not adversely affect surrounding areas of traffic circulation generally in the Township; or else identify any traffic problems that might be caused or aggravated by the proposed use and delineate solutions to those problems. Based upon the findings of the study the Board of Supervisors may require other improvements both onsite and offsite, which would alleviate hazardous or congested situations directly attributable to the proposed development, as a condition of approval.

The traffic impact study shall be prepared for a study area extending a minimum of one mile on all abutting roads from the entrance of the proposed disposal facility. This area may be modified at the discretion of the Board of Supervisors.

Locate of site relative to public roads.

Owners of adjacent properties.

Proposed fencing and improvements.

Proposed screening and buffering.

Cross sections showing the existing grades and the proposed grades upon completion and closure of the accessory landfill, if any.

Accessory landfill area within the site, to include staging of landfill development and the location of haul roads and access roads.

Location of equipment cleaning and tire cleaning areas.

Location of weighing scale, firefighting equipment and all facilities, including buildings.

Statement as to the estimated number of vehicles weighing over 20,000 pounds, loaded, which are expected to use the site on a daily basis during the first two years of operation.

A plan indicating all roads anticipated to be used as access roads, as defined herein.