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design presumes that the southern slope of the landfill and buffer area wont <br />d be <br />located on the southern end of the SDA, and that southern end of the ro <br />p perty the <br />Landfill currently owns would be used for additional cells of waste de osite <br />p d to a <br />much greater height, See, e,g,, Record at 432, 435, 482, because denial of t <br />} e <br />expansion to the SSA, at a minimum, forces the Landfill's en ineers back to the <br />g <br />drawing board to develop a plan for lanfillin on the landfill's curr <br />g ent <br />property that does not include a high wall of waste enin aru tl at the <br />existin r ~ 9 ~ p Y . <br />g operty line, that portion o the Landfrll s ~not~on that ar ues ~n the <br />alternative for an g <br />order compelling the City to grant a CUP for 1~,2 ercent of <br />., p <br />the proposed expansion ~s a disaster wa~t~ng to ha en, <br />pp <br />As noted above, the Landf 11 already has a CUP that allows it to use its <br />current property as a solid waste facility, Baker Aff, Ex, L, Supplemental Record at <br />1476.} The City and the Landfill are already in the process of discussin conditi <br />g ans <br />for renewal of the Landfill's current CUP and License, If the Landfill trul ' <br />y believes <br />that the scope of its current CUP prevents it from usi~ as c~~'t n ~ lc~~cl all' <br />.. g ~ .~ ,~ z~g <br />fc~cll~~y part of its property in the area within the current SwF district the ' <br />~ t~ <br />cc~~ resolve ghat ~~certc~i~~y as part of that process. However it cannot seek th <br />outcome in at <br />the first instance from this Court, as part of an ap eat from a denial of an <br />a li ~ p <br />pp canon for a much more grandiose expansion plan, <br />(City CUP Response Brief at 10-11) (emphasis added). <br />C. EL~s letter; ERL's March 9 letter argues on a e 3 that "notwithst ' ' <br />p g and~ng its efforts to <br />describe its proposed City Code amendments as a mere `reaffirm anon ' ' <br />~ ~ of its existing Czty Code <br />requirements, these proposed amendments, if adopted, will instead underscore th ' <br />e obvious -~ namely, <br />that there is no requirement in the existing City Code either 1 for a Zoo-foo <br />~ } t setback for landfills or <br />~2}that the State-mandated 200-foot setback be within Cit 's SWF overla di " ' <br />Y y strict. 0n this point, It <br />states that "consistent with its February 2, ZO10 brief to Jud e VarCO Cit staffs 1 ~ ' ' <br />. g y ettez Identifies no <br />exlst~ng City Code setback requirement for landfills." em basis added , <br />~ p } <br />The City's filings; fn its February 2, 2010 brief, the Cit ar ued; <br />Y g <br />A. So long as the City's CUP continues to include a buffer <br />area <br />requirement, the City's ordinance requires that buffer area to be maintained <br />within the SwF district. <br />Pursuant to City Code ~ 30-1$34 ~a} ~"SwF solid waste facillt overt <br />y ay <br />district"}, "Solid waste facilities shall not be permitted nor conditional u ' <br />ses In any <br />other zoning district," (Record at 2$6}, Thus, if a buffer is re uired as a c n ' ' <br />q o dit~on of <br />the CUP or license, and that buffer is part of a solid waste facillt 30-1834 <br />. , Y~ § ~a) hand <br />other prov~szons} require that it must be located within the boundaries of a SwF ' <br />sold <br />waste facility overlay district. <br />3 <br />