Council debates waste‑transfer buffers and storage‑container rules; votes fail, staff to study and work session scheduled
After protracted debate, motions to direct staff to draft environmental safeguards for waste-transfer stations (including a proposed 1‑mile buffer) and amend the storage‑container UDO failed. Several council members said the issues need clearer definitions and work‑session discussion; the chair asked county services to review the proposals and scheduled a follow-up work session.
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Council members spent more than an hour debating whether to send formal direction to staff about two separate land‑use items: environmental protections and buffers for waste transfer stations, and amendments to the county’s storage‑container provisions in the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO).
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