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March 31, 2008
Molly Hitchcock, Planning Administration
City of College Station
PO Box 9960
College Station, TX 77842
Re: The Ridge Apartments SP—0700500261
Appeal of Dumpster Requirements
Ms. Hitchcock:
We hereby request a variance from the requirement to install a total of 12, 8-yard
dumpsters on this site; specifically, we seek relief from strict enforcement of UDO
Section 7.7.C.2.
My understanding is that such a variance is the purview of the Design Review Board
because of this site being a PDD (formerly PUD-1), even though"dumpsters" and "solid
waste" are NOT included in the Site Plan Review Criteria listed in UDO Section 3.5.E.
If my understanding of the process is incorrect, please tell me what we need to do in
order to bring this issue to a close.
I have enclosed with this letter a series of calculations justifying the reasonableness of
our request.
Sincerely,
Adams, Taggart and Associates
•gory K. aggart, RPLS 77" g 4 fel' l 2- 8
Enclosure: Dumpster Requirement Calculations r.&C
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Dumpster Requirement Calculation
Method 1 — Calculation by Volume Requirement
Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)
Given: 1. Residential Container = 70 gallons
= 0.35 CY
2. Residential Pickup is once weekly
3. The Ridge has 192 units
A. One 8-cubic yard dumpster will handle 22.8 households' (1 Dwelling Unit) worth
of MSW on a 1-time weekly pick-up schedule
8-CY_ 0.35-CY=22.8
22.8 DU can be served by one 8 yard dumpster
B. The Ridge MSW pickup is twice weekly.
Based on 2 pickups/week x 22.8 DU, one dumpster provides 45.60 DU capacity
on a twice weekly pickup schedule.
C. The number of dumpsters required for 192 DU:
192 DU_ 45.6 DU/Dumpster=4.21
Therefore, by this calculation method 4.21 dumpsters are required for this
complex, given the typical demands and twice-weekly MSW pickup.
If we round down 5%, we arrive at 4
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Method 2—Item to Item Comparison
Given: One 32-CY dumpster provides service for the entire site.
Proposed: To replace on a 1-for-1 basis the 32-CY dumpster with 8-CY dumpsters
Calculation: 32-CY- 8-CY = 4 Dumpsters
Method 2 suggests that 4 dumpsters are adequate for this site
Method 3—Historical Operation
The Ridge has been in operation as an apartment complex since its completion in 1995. It
has had a 32-yard compacting dumpster providing its sole MSW handling for the entire
time. The 32-yard dumpster's compacting ability was lost more than 2 years ago due to
mechanical failure, so it currently functions as a normal, non-compacting dumpster.
During the entire time of operation of The Ridge, almost 13 years, the existing 32-yard
dumpster has been demonstrated to be adequate to handle the MSW needs of the
complex, with no apparent impact on, or injury to, the public health, safety, or welfare.
4, 8-cubic yard dumpsters are demonstrably adequate for this site.
Conclusion
By three different, entirely reasonable methods, we have demonstrated that 4, 8-yard
dumpsters are adequate to serve The Ridge.
March 31, 2008 / Revised April 4, 2008
Enclosure 2
Ref: 0074-4010
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