Another C & D landfill in Ohio?

Landfill owner appeals zoning

By Jennifer Kovacs
Tribune Chronicle

HUBBARD - The company trying to build a landfill in Hubbard Township argued Thursday that zoning already allows at least a storage and transfer station on its property. A citizens group said it doesn't.

At the end of the hearing, the Zoning Board of Appeals would say only that a decision would come in "a reasonable amount of time.''

Trans Rail, which is seeking to locate a construction and demolition debris landfill on its property at Mount Everett Road, applied in April 2005 to use part of its land for open storage of rail cars, cargo and other material. The request was denied because the township considered the property zoned for light industrial while the proposed use would be classified as heavy industrial zoning. . . Read more