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with the city and community to fi nd another site.
“There are no other areas that we can discover on
record that are in immediate proximity to a park and
ride, a playground and a recreation center anyplace
in the state of Arizona, so why choose this location?”
he says.
Zoning, property rights in Allied’s favor
Despite arguments that the transfer station
shouldn’t be built so close to Tumbleweed Park, Allied
Waste never doubted the site plan would be approved,
says Chuck Coughlin, a Phoenix-based consultant for
Allied Waste.
Submitted photos
“Chandler made the decision some years ago to
ALLIED CONCERNS: In this interior photo of the Allied transfer station at 7th Street in Phoenix, submitted by Bob Caccamo, he says the
garbage on the fl oor “contains paint and other toxins. This is the fl oor that is washed and ends up in the street.” In the exterior photo,
build a regional park immediately adjacent to land
Caccamo says Allied washes the tipping fl oor once a week “and is supposed to capture the water in holding tanks because of the
they knew was zoned heavy industrial,” he says.
possibility of hazardous waste being in the water. The picture shows water running into the street, not into a holding tank.”
“Subsequent action by the city cannot and does not
have the effect of taking away other people’s rights, right as property owner. the facility to the west and not to the east, where the
and the board acted on that very principle of law.” “Almost a million people in Arizona voted in favor restrictions apply, Coughlin says. The council later
The heavy industrial zoning was established in 1969 of Prop 207 in the last election,” Patterson says. “We’re reconsidered and removed the weight limits.
and should not be a surprise to anyone, says former a real advocate for property rights in this state.”
Chandler Mayor Jim Patterson, who maintains that Review process criticized
building the transfer station is within Allied Waste’s Controlling traffi c Caccamo, an outspoken opponent of the transfer
Allied is fi ling building permits and working on station, says he’s disappointed the site plan was hurried
other formal requirements necessary to get the transfer through the county review process and disagrees with
station operational in about a year, Coughlin says. The the board of supervisors’ stance on property rights.
company’s offer to help improve roads north of the “I asked if they would be approving a nuclear waste
facility and allow access to the site from the north still site because the zoning is unlimited as to what you
stands, but the city and county must lead the way in can do there, and they never answered the question,”
building those roads, he says. he says.
In an effort to improve the traffi c situation at Though residents will understand the city doesn’t
Tumbleweed Park, the city council recently approved have control over the zoning, they’re going to be upset
– but later removed – a 40,000-pound weight limit that the county supervisors didn’t listen to them,
on Germann from Hamilton Street to McQueen that Caccamo says, adding that some homeowners near
would’ve applied to commercial vehicles and excluded the site are considering suing the board and Allied
other vehicles such as school buses and RVs. The limit Waste because their property values may decline.
wouldn’t have affected the transfer station, however,
because Allied Waste has agreed to enter and exit See Transfer station Page 11
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