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Fr - DEC 14 M3 BOOK 91 FACE 278 *Analysis & Alternatives: -Current LDRs About one year ago, the county revisited its land clearing debris burning regulations and made the following important changes: 1. Establish a "private land clearing debris burning facility" use category to allow private, permanent burn facilities as a special exception use subject to SWDD Board approval. 2. Specifically allow "temporary" burn sites to be used as sites where a land clearer could stockpile and burn debris generated from several work sites. Air curtain incinerator burn permits are issued for up to 6 months on these sites, as allowed by DEP provisions. 3. Reduce air curtain incinerator setbacks from perimeter property lines from 1,000' to 5001. These three changes were adopted and are contained in the existing LDRs. Staff's LDR amendment proposal simply deletes all provisions relating to changes 1 and 2,, 'described above, and would add a Provision giving the Board of County Commissioners the specific authority to set-up temporary debris collection and burning sites to handle extraordinary amounts of debris generated by disasters (e.g. hurricanes and freezes). Other circumstances under which debris burning is allowed by the LDRs are as follows: 1. Burning activities incidental to agricultural operations. 2. Burning of yard trash as permitted by the-DOr. 3. On-site burning of debris cleared from the site on which the burning occurs, as permitted by Emergency Services or the DOF. 4. Burning in road rights-of-way of debris cleared from the right-of-way ("roadside" burning). None of these four provisions is proposed to be eliminated or changed. -Land Use Issues As evidenced by past code enforcement cases and by the Fey special exception public hearings, debris burning facilities (-permanent or "temporary") can generate negative impacts, including nuisances relating to truck traffic and smoke/pollution and incompatibilities with the established character of an area. Thus, debris burning regulations should consider and address such potential nuisances and incompatibilities. Under the existing LDRs, the permanent facility regulations address all of these land use issues. The existing "temporary" facility regulations address smoke and pollution nuisances via setbacks and monitoring by either the Emergency Services Department or the Division of Forestry. Traffic impacts and land use compatibility are not specifically addressed by.existing "temporary" facility regulations. M