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LAW OFFICES <br />LEONARD, STREET AND DEINARD <br />SIONEY LOREER• <br />SIDNEY BARROWS' <br />HAROLD 0 FIELD JR • <br />ALLEN I. SACKS' <br />THDMAS D rEINSERO• <br />MORRIS M. SHERMAN• <br />GEORGE REILLY' <br />DAVID N COX' <br />STEPHEN R PRAUM• <br />CHARLESA MAYS. <br />NANCYC DREMER• <br />LOWELL J MOTESOCN• <br />GEORGE F MCGUMNIGLE. JR.• <br />ICT ROSENSLATT. <br />SYRON E. STARES. <br />STEVEN D. DLRUT ER• <br />JOHM W BELL <br />STEPHENJ DAVIDSON' <br />STEPHEN R LITMAN• <br />DAVID C. NAK• <br />EDWARD M MOERSFtLDEN• <br />ROEERT LEWIS BARROWS' <br />HWMM MAYNARD' <br />MICCHAEL A. RENEW <br />MARTHAC SRAND• <br />DAVID M HAYNES <br />JAMES V RDTH• <br />ROSERT L OEMAY <br />AHGELA M SOMMANN <br />RORERT P. TRAVIS <br />JAMES O. SULLARD <br />JOSEPM M. FINLEY <br />LAWREMCEJ FIELD <br />RICHARD RANSOM <br />MARK B. WEITE <br />•NIORAPTt. Lacs <br />A PARTNERSHIP INCLUDING PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONS <br />SUITE 1500 <br />100 SOUTH FIFTH STREET <br />MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55402 <br />TELEPHONE (6121 337.1500 <br />TELECOPIER (612) 337-1657 <br />March 13, 1987 <br />Mr. David R. Hartley <br />City Administrator <br />City of Ramsey <br />15153 N.W. Nowthen Boulevard <br />Ramsey, MN 55303 <br />Re: Proposed Gateway North Industrial <br />Airport Zoning Ordinance <br />Dear Mr. Hartley: <br />DAVIDL ULLEHAUG VIRGINIA L COME <br />DAVIDR MELLEY DANIEL E. SMITH <br />GEONEE Et WYLYM CATHARIME EOSCNEE <br />LOWELL V. STORR <br />J WWORD GOSS <br />DOUGLAS R GREEMSWAG <br />MICIMEL G. TAYLOR <br />JDIM1 W. GETSIMOER <br />JOHN T CROSS <br />THOMAS P SANDERS <br />JANIES A. SARMUY <br />ELDABETM Y. MIMYO <br />GREGORY C GROWN <br />SUSHI! M YCGOLDRICE <br />ROGER DUNERACME GP CWxuL <br />GEORGES LEONARDIIE#-MEGI <br />ARTHUR L. H. UETTISEII <br />SENEDICT DEINAR° I1•91.-ISGEI <br />AMOEE DEINARO OEEE. KGl3I <br />IRENE SCOTT <br />M PATRICIA SCHAFFER <br />WRITERS DIRECT DIAL NUMBER <br />337-1516 <br />Our law firm represents Waste Management of Minnesota, Inc. <br />("WMMI"), the present owner -operator of the Anoka regional <br />landfill located in the City of Ramsey, Anoka County. WMMI has <br />the following comments on the proposed ordinance identified <br />above. <br />As you know, the Anoka landfill falls within the area <br />affected by the proposed Gateway North Industrial Airport Zoning <br />Ordinance ("Zoning Ordinance"). As you are also aware, WMMI has <br />been pursuing a vertical expansion of the existing landfill site <br />since 1985. Permit applications for the expansion were filed <br />with the Metropolitan Council, the MPCA and Anoka County in <br />August 1985. WMMI has obtained a certificate of need for a <br />vertical expansion of the landfill from the Metropolitan Council <br />based upon an application dated April, 1986. The environmental <br />review process for the expansion is currently well under way with <br />the Metropolitan Council acting as the responsible governmental <br />unit in completing the E.I.S. The existing and continuing use of <br />the current landfill site, including the expansion, is an <br />existing non -conforming use. Accordingly, the language of the <br />proposed ordinance, and in particular Section VII thereof, should <br />be modified to remove any inconsistent limitation on the <br />definition of non -conforming use. <br />