City of Ottawa Zoning By-law 2008-250: Waste Processing and Transfer Facilities in the Rural Area (Sec. 95)

Ottawa, Ontario · No. 2008-250 · summary & facts

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Waste Processing and Transfer Facilities in the Rural Area (Section 95) 95. (1) The following applies to Waste Processing and Transfer Facilities in area D as shown on Schedule 1: (By-law 2012-204) (a) waste processing and transfer facility (putrescible) is only permitted in RH Zones, (b) minimum lot area for waste processing and transfer facility (putrescible): 2 ha, (c) minimum separation distance of 300 metres is required between a building containing a waste processing and transfer facility (putrescible) and any building for which the principal use is residential or institutional, located on a lot zoned Rural Residential (RR), Rural Countryside (RU), Village Residential (V1, V2, V3), Village Mixed Use (VM), Rural Institutional (RI); (By-law 2012-204) (d) minimum separation distance of 300 metres is required between a building containing a waste processing and transfer facility (putrescible) and any building for which the principal use is residential or institutional, located on a residentially-zoned or institutionally-zoned lot located within Area C of Schedule 1, (By-law 2012-204) (e) construction of any building for which the principal use will be residential or institutional on a lot zoned Rural Residential (RR), Rural Countryside (RU), Village Residential (V1, V2, V3), Village Mixed Use (VM) or Rural Institutional (RI) in proximity to existing waste processing and transfer facilities (putrescible) must also comply with the minimum separation distance; (By-law 2012-204) (f) despite the required minimum separation distance, no waste processing and transfer facility (putrescible) is deemed to be non-complying by the subsequent erection of a residential use or institutional use building on another lot, (g) waste processing and transfer facilities, (putrescible) and waste processing and transfer facilities, (non-putrescible), are restricted to having either direct access to a designated truck route or access through an RG- or RH- zoned industrial subdivision leading directly to a designated truck route, (h) development of a waste processing transfer facility, (putrescible) or a waste processing transfer facility (non-putrescible) must not be developed without the approval of the Ministry of Environment. (By-law 2012-204) (i) In Rural Heavy Industrial (RH) Zones in area D as shown on Schedule 1 the following terms and definitions replace the term 'waste processing and transfer facility (By-law 2012-204) (a) Waste processing and transfer facility (non-putrescible) means a facility where non-putrescible waste is sorted, processed and temporarily stored prior to transfer off site and may include a recycling operation; (b) Waste processing and transfer facility (putrescible) means a facility where putrescible and non-putrescible waste is sorted, processed or temporarily stored prior to transfer off site and may include a source separated organics and biosolids processing and storage facility, (j) Waste processing and transfer facility (putrescible) and waste processing and transfer facility (non-putrescible) must not be used as a solid waste disposal facility; and.. (k) outdoor storage of putrescible waste is prohibited. (By-law 2012-204) (OMB Order, File #PL110666, issued November 18, 2011) (By-law 2011-205)