Nevadans Against Garbage

IS THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT ISSUED BY THE RPC VALID?

A Special Use Permit was applied for on 3-20-2007 by Jungo Land and Investments, Inc., a subsidiary of Norcal Waste Systems, Inc.

On 4-3-2007 the staff report for the Regional Planning Commission was issued recommending approval for a conditional use permit.

On 4-12-2007 the Regional Planning Commission recommended approval of a conditional use permit.

On 4-23-2007 the CUP acceptance form is signed by Jungo Land and Investments, Inc., accepting the terms and conditions of the CUP.

On 5-8-2007 there was an article in the Humboldt Sun which stated, among other things, that the county ordinance “needs to be changed in order to establish a second waste disposal site locally…..the only approved landfill is the regional one”.

On 10-15-2007 the county commissioners amend the solid waste disposal ordinance to authorize acceptance of out-of-area solid waste at disposal sites other than the current regional landfill. This change was passed and adopted on 10-15-2007 with an effective date of 10-26-2007 and with NO RETROACTIVE PROVISION.

QUESTION: HOW COULD A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT BE ISSUED ON 4-23-07 WHEN THERE WAS NO ORDINANCE IN PLACE SUPPORTING A SECOND LANDFILL AND OUT-OF-COUNTY WASTE UNTIL 10-26-07?

If a person has a piece of property on which they wish to build a house, but it is located in an area zoned industrial, they will not be issued a building permit without first obtaining a zoning variance. Why is it any different for Recology? How can they get the CUP, and then the county changes the ordinance to make it all legal? Why didn’t the county change the ordinance to make it legal, and then issue the CUP?

Just asking……….