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Harrisburg board upholds staff: special‑use permit required for Ventor Chemicals’ proposed on‑site landfill
Summary
After testimony from Ventor and technical witnesses and a staff presentation, the Town of Harrisburg Board of Adjustment denied Ventor Chemicals’ appeal and upheld staff’s determination that the proposed on‑site industrial landfill requires a special‑use permit under the town’s UDO.
The Town of Harrisburg Board of Adjustment on Feb. 6, 2024 denied an appeal from Ventor Chemicals LLC that sought to treat a proposed on‑site industrial landfill as a use permitted by right. The board concluded town staff correctly interpreted the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) and that the proposed facility falls within heavy‑industrial uses that require a special‑use permit.
Ventor’s attorney, Mike Thielen, told the board the company requested an interpretation in June 2022 and received an August 19, 2022 zoning verification letter. Reading from that letter at the hearing, Ventor’s witness Jonath Stein said the letter stated: “The current zoning is an approved zoning class for the proposed on‑site industrial landfill.” Thielen said Ventor relied on that determination over roughly 15 months, invested in final design and submitted technical materials to the North Carolina DEEQ in November 2023.
Town staff and the planning director, Zach Cordon, told the board those facts did not relieve Ventor of other UDO requirements. Cordon…
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