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Case #11: Request for a Conditional Use Permit to Operate a Recycling and Metal Processing Facility; Case of St. Paul Terminals, Inc. Chairperson Nixt closed the regular portion of the Planning Commission meeting at 10:48 p.m. in order to call the public hearing to order. Public Hearing Chairperson Nixt called the public hearing to order at 10:48 p.m. I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Presentation Community Development Director Frolik stated that in issued a use permit to Daniel Karst to operate an aluminum processing at 14050 Basalt St. of the terms of the permit is that reassignment of t to som~ne else would Council approval.. Mr. Karst submitted a request to on 2001, requesting that the permit be reassigned to St, Paul Terminals. Council file and because of a significant history of violations and the condition of the Council's preference waS to revoke rather than reassign the permit. Staff was directed ate Proceedings to consider revocation of Mr. Karst's permit and sed to aPply for a new conditional use permit that would addre~' ~erations on the site. Accordingly, the City has received an appli~n to operate a recycling and metal processing facility at 14050 Terminals entered into a lease/purchase option with ~~St for commenced managing the facility. Since their entry onto the~ri~i~¢:':'~:ti~as been'~,!s~'gnificant amount of site clean up that has occurred and recent rep~o~'S:.'~0m ~a County ~onmental services indicate that the site is in compliance with e~i~m'nmental r~/~'ations. As'~i~ coUple of weeks ago, St. Paul Terminals ceased the intake o'f ~ll mater/als~!,i~the~sim~O~ ~: is a' decision by the City regarding their application for a cond~tmnaL.~:~e'~pemii~;:;~?scope of the famhty proposed includes a redemption and process~U'gi:~enter for ferrous and non-ferrous metals; melt furnaces for the aluminum;::' ' ' Ss:,and 'reCede vehicles, including the disassembly of bodies, engines, transmi~Si3n~}'5~i{,::~iies of ~hl~tB}e timbers fi:om abandoned railway. Mr. Jeff Schott,. Jr. of St. Pau~,~i:minals would~be~manag~ Ramsey facility. He has submitted a 2 sheet site plan for L~i:~ and 2. The site~i~h~ identi~ the various processing areas within the building and the yarS;;;?~P,.art of the clean ~p:i!,activities conducted by St. Paul Terminals including replacing a deteh~&~fed chain link f~ with a steel fence that provides 100% opacity. That steel fence currentlg"e~tends from: ~b'~Ut the middle of the building to the berm on the east side of the property arid} then so.u~}~;~within 60 feet of the east yard entrance. That 60 feet still has the pre- existing chai~:ii:~:i~e:nce. The steel fence commences again on the south side of the yard entrance and termiriates at the southeast corner of the property. There is no fence in place along the south property boundary and there are cement median structures along the west property line. St. Paul Terminals is proposing to remove all steel and chain link fence and replace encompass the yard with a 13 foot high concrete wall. The wall will provide 100% opacity screening and will be the base structure fi:om which the storage bins will be constructed within the yard. Planning Commission/June 5, 2001 Page 25 of 30 -47-