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I I I I CASE REQUEST FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO GRADE AND EXPORT SOILS; CASE OF GOOD VALUE HOMES, INC. By: City Engineer Steve Jankowski and Zoning Administrator Sylvia Frolik I I I I I Background: On July 20, 1995, the City received an application from Good Value Homes, Inc. to grade and export soils fror~ what is proposed to be platted as Chestnut Ridge 2nd Addition. Chestnut Ridge 2nd Addition m6eived preliminary plat approval from the City on August 22, 1994 and consists of 65 acres propos~ to be subdivided into 72 single family lots. The purpose of the project is to create more attr~ tive building sites. The following items are enclosed for your information: a) b) c) d) Site location map Grading Plan oppOSed f'mdings of fact osed conditional use permit Notification: Conditional Um Permits are required to be subjected to public hearings with all properties within 350 feet being ~otified of the public hearing. In this case, Staff attempted to notify all property owners within 6~ feet of the subject property and all persons along the haul route that would be approved by theiC-ity (Potassium St., 145th Lane, Sunfish Lake Drive). ' Observations: The applicant ia proposing to snip the topsoil, remove and export approximately 15,000 cubic yards of materi~ls, and replace the topsoil. Silt fence and other erosion control measures have been proposed toprotect adjacent properties. ; The applicant has proposed that the material would be removed from the site by hauling belly dumps south or~ Potassium Street N.W. and west on 145th Lane and Sunfish Lake Drive to Sunfish Lake Bl~d. Because of the extremely narrow width of Sunfish Lake Drive, the applicant originally proposed that empty tracks would return to the site by going north on Tungsten Street N.W. off of Coflnty Road #116, east on 143rd Lane and north on Potassium. Because of the substantial numSer of homes existing on the proposed ingress route, City Staff recommended that the only haul roa. te be that which has been proposed by the applicant as the egress route. The Planning Commission conducted a public hearing regarding the application on August 1, 1995. There were several residents present from the fh'st phase of Chestnut Ridge to the east whose concerns ~¢re alleviated when informed by Mr. Peterson of Good Value Homes that there would be no excavations in the wetlands and that there would be no more trees removed than what was originally a~proved by the City Council at the preliminary plat stage. Other residents along the haul route were ~sured that Good Value is responsible for leaving the haul roads in a condition equal to what ~ey were at the commencement of the project. At this time, Mr. Peterson also amended his prqposal for haul routes and stated that the ingress route would be the same as the egress route anditraffic control measures such as flagpersons or the use of walkie talkies would be used to avoid a sltuation of trucks meeting on Sunfish Lake Drive.