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Pathological Waste Incinerator

Definition

  • A facility used to incinerate organic human or animal waste, including, but not limited to:
  • Human materials removed during surgery, labor and delivery, autopsy, or biopsy, including body parts, tissues or fetuses, organs, and bulk blood and body fluids.
  • Products of spontaneous human abortions, regardless of the period of gestation, including body parts, tissue, fetuses, organs, and bulk blood and body fluids
  • Anatomical remains
  • Bodies for cremation

Districts Permitted

By SUP only in in IR and IM districts

Required Off-Street Parking

One space per 1,000 square feet of floor area

Required Handicapped Parking

None

Required Off-Street Loading

Square feet of floor area in structure

Total required spaces or berths

 0 to 50,000

1

50,000 to 100,000

2

Each additional 100,000 or fraction thereof

1 additional

Additional Provisions

  • A pathological waste incinerator must be located on a lot that is no smaller than one acre in size, and be at least 100 feet from the lot line.
  • The incinerator must be located at least:
    • 1,000 feet from all lots containing residential; public or private school; church; and public park, playground, or golf course uses;
    • one mile from all lots containing municipal and hazardous waste incinerators; and
    • one-fourth mile from all lots containing medical/ infectious and pathological waste incinerators.
  • All waste must be disposed of within a 24 hour period
  • No outside storage is permitted in conjunction with this use.

 


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