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LAW OFFICES <br /> <br />LEONARD, STREET AND DEINARD <br /> <br /> LORBER' <br />SIDNEY BARROWS' <br />HAROLD O. EIELO JR ' <br />ALLEN I. SAEKSo <br />THOMAS O FEINBERG* <br />MORRIS M. SHERMAN' <br />GEORGE REILLY' <br />DAVID N COX' <br />STEPHEN R. PFLAUM' <br />CHARLES A MAYS' <br />NANCY C. DREHER' <br />LOWELL J. NOTEBOOM* ROSieST P. THA~/I$ <br />GEORGE F McGUNNIGLE, JR ° JAMES G. SULLARO <br />FREDRIC T. ROSENBLATT' JOSEPH M. FINLET <br /> <br />STEPHEN R. LITMAN° <br />DAVID C, ZALK' <br />EDWARD M. MOEIqSFELDER° <br />ROBERT LEWIS BARROWS* <br />HUGH M:: MAYNARD' <br />MICHAEL A. NEKICH* <br />MARTHA C. BRAND* <br />OAVIO N. HAYN£E <br />JAMES V, BOTH*. <br />ROBERT L. DIEMAY <br />ANGBLA 1,4. BOHMANN <br /> <br />A PARTNERSHIP INCLUDING PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONS <br />SUITE 1500 <br /> <br /> I00 SOUTH FIFTH STREET <br /> <br /> MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55402 <br /> <br /> TELEPHONE {6i2) 337-I500 <br /> TELECO[~IER (612} 337-1657 <br /> <br />March 13, 1987 <br /> <br />DAVID L. LILLEHAUG <br />DAVID W. KELLEY <br />GEORGE B. WYETH <br />LOWELL V. STORTZ <br />J. BRADFORD GOSS <br />DOUGLAS B. GREENSWAG <br />MICHAEL G. TAYLOR <br />JOHN W. GETSINGER <br />JOHN T. CROSS <br />THOMAS P. SANDERS <br />JAMES A. BARNUM <br />ELIZABETH M. NIMMO <br />GREGORY C. SROWN <br />SUSAN M. McGOLDRICK <br />ROGER DU NEKACKE <br /> <br />VIRGINIA B. CONE <br />DANIEL E. SMITH <br />CATHARINE BOSCHEE <br /> <br />GEORGE B. LEONARD (187;~-1956) <br />ARTHUR L. H. STREET (IBT?-19B~) <br />BENEDrCT DEINARD (IB99-1969) <br />AMOS S. DEINARD 1[8~iB.19BS} <br /> <br />IRENE SCOTT <br />M. PATRIClA SCHAEFER <br /> <br />WRITER'S DIRECT DIAL NUMBER <br /> 337-1516 <br /> <br />Mr. David R? Hartley <br />City Administrator <br />City of Ramsey <br />15153 N,W. Nowthen Boulevard <br />Ramsey, MN 55303 <br /> <br />Re' <br /> <br />Proposed Gateway North Industrial <br /> Airport Zoning Ordinance <br /> <br />Dear Mr, Hartley: <br /> <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 /> <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 /> <br /> <br />