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permits throughout all phases of operation and closure of the facility. (ii) Design Requirements a. All activities associated with waste transfer, including tipping, sorting, storage, compaction, transfer, reloading, and related activities shall be conducted in a fully enclosed building. No outdoor storage of materials or equipment shall be permitted. Appropriate enclosed office and plumbed employee restroom facilities shall be provided on-site. b. The facility shall be designed with sufficient off-street parking and stacking areas to accommodate all employees, visitors, and trucks. Public streets shall not be utilized at any time for parking, stacking, or storage of employee vehicles, visitor vehicles, or trucks. c. The facility shall be designed with sufficient drive aisles and parking areas to avoid potential conflicts between facility operations by trucks and passenger- vehicles (e.g., for household waste), and the use of emergency access ways and fire lanes. d. The off-site road surface design shall be suitable for heavy vehicles and the road base shall be capable of withstanding all expected loads. e. On-site roads .shall be passable by loaded collection and transfer vehicles in all weather conditions. f. The on-site road system shall be designed to eliminate the need for the backing of truck traffic. g. The unloading area shall be adequate in size and design to facilitate efficient unloading from the collection vehicles and the unobstructed movement of vehicles. h. The unloading and loading pavement areas shall be constructed of concrete or asphalt paving material and a collection and disposal system shall be maintained that will prevent liquids contained in waste materials and generated by normal operations such as wash- out and cleaning of equipment, trucks, and floors ("waste liquids"), from contaminating the soil, surface water, or ground water. Drains shall be connected to either the sanitary sewer system, if permitted by the service provider, or acorrosion-resistant holding tank. Alternate designs may be used with prior written approval of the City if the applicant can show that the alternate design will prevent waste liquids from contaminating the soil, surface water, and ground water. i. Provisions shall be made for weighing or measuring all solid waste transferred to the facility. j. Sufficient internal storage areas shall be provided for incoming solid waste. k. The transfer station design shall include an eight foot perimeter fence interrupted only by necessary access and maintenance gates. A-7