OWRR Design Guidelines
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This information supports and supplements information included in the UNC-Chapel Hill Design Guidelines—specifically, Chapter V: Sections 02475, 02870 and Chapter III: Construction Staging Areas, Pedestrian and Vehicular Access, Driveways and Parking.
This page gives dimensions for all of the vehicles used OWRR and its contractors. Please contact OWRR to verify which vehicles will need access to the service area being designed.
Items which need extra attention include:
- vehicle width (with mirrors) and length;
- turning radius;
- approach*; and
- overhead clearance.
* Dumpster and rolloff trucks must be able to make direct contact with the containers; thus please take into consideration the truck's angle of approach when designing pads.
Due to the high amount of pedestrian traffic, care should be taken to minimize the distance that drivers of waste handling vehicles (and others delivery and service vehicles) have to drive in reverse. Care should also be taken to avoid having service vehicles back across walkways or into traffic. A reference is the Town of Chapel Hill Design Manual:1
The location of air intakes should be remote from sources of pollutants and the building air intake and exhaust outlets shall be remotely located from each other to prevent supply air contamination. Take special care to ensure that exhaust from hoods, emergency generators, loading docks, idling trucks, etc., is not pulled into the building through make-up or fresh air intakes.28.2.4 Dumpster Placement and Access
“The essential element in locating a dumpster is the ability of the refuse collection vehicle to safely and efficiently service the container… A turning radii template should be used to assure that access can be provided without unnecessary backing maneuvers… Where refuse collection vehicles will need to turn around to exit a development site, the site plan should be designed so that backing movements do not exceed 100’ in length. In these cases the turn around area should be dimensioned using a turning radii template of the appropriate scale. In all cases, the proposed site plan should be designed so that refuse collection vehicles do not need to back onto or off of any public street or over any public sidewalk.”1
Vehicles: Outdoor Service Areas |
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| Front-end
Loader: updated 11/19/04 and 8/9/05
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Used for trash and cardboard dumpsters Height: 12.5'
Empty scale weight: 40,400 pounds
See the Site and Space
Planning or Containers
and Equipment pages for more information. |
| Rolloff
Truck: Updated 5/15/09 |
Truck length: 34’9” Front overhang: 3’ Rear
overhang: 5’3” Width: 11' with mirrors
Container length: 21-23' See the Site and Space Planning or Containers and Equipment pages for more information. For more information, contact truck manufacturer or service provider. Marathon Equipment has detailed information on rolloff hoist trucks. |
| Outdoor Recycling
Truck: updated 6/18/07 |
Used
for collection of carts from outdoor service areas
Length: 35' Turning radius: 38-40° Overhead Clearance: 15' with bucket and container See the Site and Space Planning or Containers and Equipment pages for more information. |
| Food
Waste and Animal
Bedding Collection:
updated 6/18/07 |
Used for collection of food waste and animal bedding carts
See the Site and Space Planning or Containers and Equipment pages for more information. |
| Grease
Collection: |
Used for collection of cooking grease Truck used to collect drums: Truck used to collect from small dumpster type containers: See the Site and Space Planning or Containers and Equipment pages for more information. |
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OWRR collection vehicle: updated 6/29/05 |
20 cubic yard (was used by OWRR for animal bedding
and is now used for collection of other materials as needed)
Length: 26' See the Site and Space Planning or Containers and Equipment pages for more information. |
Vehicles: Indoor Recycling |
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| Indoor Recycling Truck: |
 Used for indoor recycling collectionLength: 26’ (28.5’ with lift gate extended) See the Site and Space Planning or Containers and Equipment pages for more information. |
| Box Van: |
Used for confidential paper collection
Length: 14' body
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Vehicles: Walkway Recycling |
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| John Deere Gator: |
Used by OWRR for collection of materials from walkway sites Length: 102" (8.83') See the Site and Space Planning or Containers and Equipment pages for more information. |
Height: 12'
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