Zoning Template Revisions from Stakeholder Comments Underway

USCC received numerous comments in November, adding value to the Model Zoning Template prepared by the Model Zoning Task Force. The Task Force is currently:

• Expanding definitions
• Adding clarifying language to the Small Sites category
• Expanding the depth of language for the On-Farm Zoning category
• Further streamlining and increasing the user-friendly frame and structure of the ordinance
• Adding a category for Consolidation sites to address zones where collected material is combined/depackaged/prepared for compost facility integration

The proposed ordinance will likely go out for an additional round of Stakeholder Comments, due to the format changes and additions.

The Task Force, made up of chair Marcus Zbinden (Carver County), members Neil Edgar (Edgar & Associates), Brian Freeman (Robinson & Cole), Jorge Montezuma (Atlas Organics); and Angel Arroyo-Rodriguez (Ohio EPA). It also recently added the expertise of Kourtnii Brown (Common Compost), an environmental policy analyst with experience in small, community-scale site regulations.