Agenda - Council - 09/22/1992 - Laserfiche WebLink

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On September 1, 1992, the Planning and Zoning Commission conducted a public hearing and after a long discussion and a 4 to 2 vote, recommended City Council approval of the conditional use permit amendment and site plan. The recommendation for approval was based on the Commission's following determinations: a) The terms of the conditional use permit, as proposed, actually reduces the non-conformities that currently exist at the site facility; b) The conditional use permit, as proposed, immediately reduces and eventually eliminates outside storage; c) Rather than closing doors, it is the City's manner to work with local businesses to achieve methods of operation that are mutually acceptable to the City, business owner and surrounding business community. Observations: To accommodate the disassembly of transmissions and engines indoors, Mr. Karst has submitted a site plan for a new 13,000 square foot building on Lots 2 and 3. The site plan also included 10 foot high, 100% opacity fencing along Lots 1, 2 and 3 adjacent to Basalt Street N.W. and 6 foot high spruce trees for screening of outside storage. Since the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, Mr. Karst has indicated that he is eliminating plans for any exterior storage on Lots 2 and 3 and proposes to eliminate the fencing on those lots. He intends to restrict all outside storage to Lot I and will replace the present berm and fencing with a cement block wall color matched to the existing building. According to MPCA Rules and the Anoka County Hazardous Waste Management Ordinance, the collection of waste oil to be recycled does not require any permits but does require a management plan subject to Anoka County's approval. Mr. Karst's waste oil management plan has been approved by Anoka County. The use of solvents for cleaning parts does require a Hazardous Waste Generators License from Anoka County, which Mr. Karst has in his possession. The parts cleaning unit is self contained and Mr. Karst has a contract with a service that removes and replaces the solvent every six months. Incidentially, there are currently 11 businesses in Ramsey with hazardous waste generator licenses. The following items are enclosed for your information: a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) j) j) k) l) Existing conditional use permit in effect Site location map Site plan for proposed expansion Building plans Incident reports and complaints from 8/7/91 to 5/28/92 Emissions report Letter from Production Design Products dated August 28, 1992 lX,h-. Karst's response, dated 9/1/92,.to incident reports Mr. Karst's response to Item 4425 of the proposed findings of fact Draft of Planning and Zoning meeting rrfinutes dated September I, 1992 Proposed Findings of Fact Proposed Conditional Use Permit Proposed Indemnification Agreement The CUP currently in force required a performance review concurrently with Mr. Karst's application for a conditional use permit amendment. City Administrator Schroeder, Project Manager Jim Gromberg and myself, visited the site in May of 1992. I documented what I perceived to be violations of the current conditional use permit as follows: a) b) Disassembly of engines and transmissions (within a builddng). Outside storage of debris or materials not used in or resulting from the aluminum processing operation.