Agenda - Planning Commission - 05/03/2012

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Regular Planning Commission 5. 1. Meeting Date: 05/03/2012 By: Chris Anderson, Community Development Information Title: PUBLIC HEARING: Consider Request for a Conditional Use Permit to Process Demolition Concrete in the E-2 Employment District and to Stockpile Sand/Soil on a Property in the E-2 Employment District at 6651 141st Ave NW; Case of Sauter and Sons, Inc. Background: Tom Sauter of Sauter and Sons, Inc., owns the property located at 6651 141st Ave NW and the adjacent vacant parcel to the west (14191 Ebony St NW). Sauter and Sons, Inc., is in the excavation and demolition business and is currently stockpiling demolition concrete and asphalt on the property at 6651 141st Ave NW and has multiple stockpiles of sand/soil on the vacant parcel to the west. Staff became aware of the stockpiled concrete and asphalt and informed Mr. Sauter that the demolition concrete and asphalt are considered solid waste (confirmed by the MPCA) and therefore requires a conditional use permit. Section 117-427 of City Code requires a conditional use permit for storage, collection, transportation, treatment, utilization, processing, transfer, intermediate disposal and final disposal of solid waste, recyclable materials, or processed waste product. Mr. Sauter has submitted an application for a conditional use permit to process demolition concrete and asphalt into an aggregate to be used on other job sites. Through this application, Staff saw an opportunity to address the outside storage (sand/soil stockpiles) on the adjacent vacant parcel simultaneously. Notification: In accordance with State Statute and City Code, Staff attempted to notify all property owners within 1,000 feet of the Subject Property of the Public Hearing via Standard US Mail. A Notice of Public Hearing was also published in the Anoka County Union. Observations: The property at 6651 141st Ave NW is zoned E-2 Employment District and is approximately ten (10) acres in size. The vacant parcel is zoned PUD and is approximately four (4) acres. The surrounding properties are also zoned E-2 Employment District, with the exception of the two parcels to the east of 6651 141st Ave NW, which are zoned E-1 Employment District and PUD. The applicant has stated that they own approximately twenty-one (21) acres of land in this area including the two properties in question as well as a couple other buildings. 6651 141st Ave NW Sauter and Sons, Inc., is in the excavation and demolition business. Mr. Sauter is requesting the conditional use permit to process demolition concrete and asphalt from their job sites into an aggregate that can be reused for rock entrances to construction sites and as base material for parking lots. Mr. Sauter has stated that this would not be open to the public to dispose of used concrete and asphalt. Mr. Sauter has stated that he is pursuing this in an attempt to be more competitive in the construction field. Mr. Sauter has stated that the crushing activity would be conducted one time per year. It would take one (1) day to set up the equipment and three (3) days to crush the material. Crushing would occur between the hours of 7:00am and 5:OOpm. The processed material would also be stockpiled on the property for use by Sauter and Sons, Inc. on their various job sites. According to the site plan submitted, the stockpiled demolition concrete and asphalt would be confined to an area that is ninety (90) feet wide by 200 feet deep. The demolition concrete and asphalt stockpile is adjacent to an