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M SECTION 1: LAND CLEARING DEBRIS BURNING M Planning Director Stan Boling made the following presentation: 1. SECTION 1: LAND CLEARING DEBRIS BURNING •Background At its May 18, 1993 regular meeting, the Board of County Commissioners considered the county's first proposed -permanent, private landclearing debris burning facility. The special exception use request involved a proposal by Richard Fey to locate a debris burning facility southwest of Fellsmere on CR 512. During consideration of the special exception request, the Board of County Commissioners convened as the Solid Waste Disposal District (SWDD) Board and considered several landclearing debris burning issues (see attachment 1). The SWDD Board pronounced a policy of prohibiting permanent, private landclearing debris burning facilities as well as use of "temporary" (6 months at a time) burn sites on which debris is collected from several sites under the control of a land clearer and burned on a central site. Based upon this stated SWDD Board policy, and based upon land use concerns related to both permanent and "temporary" burn sites, the Board of County Commissioners directed staff to: 1. Amend the LDRs to delete the "private landclearing debris burning facilities" use category and related provisions. 2. Amend the LDRs to delete provisions that allow "temporary" (6 month) burn sites to be established where land clearers consolidate debris from several sites -onto-a central burn site. 3. Invoke the pending ordinance doctrine and stop processing applications or issuing new permits for either permanent or temporary private debris burning sites. Based upon the Board's directions, planning staff has informed the appropriate agencies and departments to stop issuance of new permits for temporary, "centralized" burn sites. Planning staff has also solicited comments and input from the Emergency Services, Utilities, Solid Waste, and Public Works departments, the Division of Forestry (DOF), and the County Attorney's Office. Furthermore, in mid-June, planning staff mailed letters to 31 known land clearing establishments, informing those businesses_of-.t.he, Board's policy and directives and inviting participation and input at the July 8, 1993 PSAC meeting in regards to the proposed LMR changes. on July 8, 1993, the PSAC considered various land clearing debris burning issues (see attachment #2) and recommended that the Board of County Commissioners not change the existing LDRs'. The PSAC recommended that the Board continue to allow permanent burn sites and temporary (6 month) sites. On November 18, 19930 the Planning and Zoning Commission considered various alternative land clearing debris regulations (see attachment #15). On a 5-0 vote,the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended that the Board of County Commissioners amend the LDRs to delete ' provisions for private permanent debris burning facilities but keep provisio"-! that allow for "temporary" (6 month) burn sites. 61 DEC. aooK . 3 , 7