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Scandia Planning
Reference: Public Hearing for Land Spreadini,
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of Solid Waste Ordinance
Amendment
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Neil Soltis, City
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Brenda Eklund, City Clerk
Project No.: 16023.000
From:
Sherri Buss, RLA AICP,
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Planner
Date:
December 20, 2016
The Planning Commission discussed the need for an ordinance to specify the zoning districts
where properties could be licensed by Washington County to permit the spreading of solid
waste (septage) at its meetings in November and December. Farmers are interested in this use
to fertilize their fields. The County ordinance that governs this use (Ordinance 114) permits the
use on agricultural properties.
The Commission recommended that land spreading be permitted in Scandia on agricultural
properties in the Agriculture Core (AG C) and Agriculture Preserves (AP) Districts, but not in the
General Rural (GR) or Village Neighborhood (VN) Districts, where agricultural uses are
permitted, but lot sizes are smaller and spreading septage is more likely to have negative
impacts on adjacent parcels. The Commission noted that Washington County does not permit
land spreading in Shoreland Districts, and this information will be added to the City's Shoreland
Mangement Ordinance when other amendments are considered in the future.
The Commission will hold a public hearing on the draft ordinance at its meeting on January 3.
The amendment includes the following:
• Adds the County definitions for Land Spreading/Land Application and Land
Spreading/Land Application Site to the definitions in the Development Code.
• Adds Land Spreading/Land Application of Solid Waste (County -Licensed), Accessory to
an Agriculture Use to the list of accessory uses in the AG C and AG P sections of
Chapter 2 of the Development Code.
• Excludes land spreading of septage in the General Rural (GR) and Village
Neighborhood Districts as part of the Agricultural use permitted in those districts.
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