§ 38-1754. School site criteria.

The following school site criteria shall apply to school sites, unless a request is made for review and approval by the board of county commissioners:

(1)

Elementary schools shall not be located on arterials but shall be located on local streets or on residential collector streets situated within residential neighborhoods and as close as practical to existing or planned residential neighborhoods.

(2)

In the event the county engineer determines that a road adjacent to the frontage of a school site is hazardous for pedestrians, the school board shall mitigate the hazardous condition to the reasonable satisfaction of the county engineer.

(3)

Except as may be approved by the board of county commissioners prior to acquisition by the school board, school sites shall not be acquired, reserved or accepted by donation in the following locations:

a.

On a site within one hundred (100) feet of gas transmission lines unless such areas are fenced and separated from the campus and buildings.

b.

Adjacent to wastewater treatment plants.

c.

Within one-quarter mile of active landfills or hazardous waste facilities.

d.

Within the 100-year flood plain unless compensating storage is provided on site.

e.

Adjacent to or in the vicinity of any nonresidential property from which noise exceeds sixty (60) decibels at the common property line.

f.

Adjacent to hazardous industrial uses or industrial uses that may create hazardous risks or conditions, such as chemical plants.

(Ord. No. 96-31, § 2, 10-8-96; Ord. No. 2017-06 , § 1, 4-25-17)