Agenda - Planning Commission - 02/02/1993

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I I I I I I i I I I I I I I I I CASE # REQUEST FOR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AMENDMENT; CASE OF DANNY'S ALUMINUM PROCESSING, INC. By: Zoning Administrator Sylvia Frolik Background: As you may recall, in September of 1992 you reviewed and recommended approval of a conditional use permit amendment and site plan for Danny's Aluminum Processing, Inc. The site plan consis[~d of construction of a new building to accommodate operations expansion and the conditional use permit amendment was to allow for the disassembly of engines and transmissions and acceptani:e of other non-hazarouds metals within the new building. That case was forwarded to City Council where it was denied based on the concern that an expansion of the facility is not appropriate vi, hen Mr. Karst seems to have difficulty complying with the terms of the conditional use permit for the facility in its current size. In December .the City Council received complaints of continued non-compliance on the part of Mr. Karst and Ci~ Staff was directed to initiate action necessary for Council to consider revocation of the conditional use permit. In accordance with City Code procedures, I inspected the facility and sent Mr. Kanst a letter on December 3 which described the violations and gave him 30 days to correct the viblafions or a public hearing would be scheduled to consider revocation. On January 6, 1993, I inspected the site as a finality to the the 30 day time frame. Mr. Karst was in compliance With his conditional use permit. This information was provided to City Council on January 12 and they ceased proceedings to consider rovocation of Mr. Karst's permit. At the January 12 Council meeting, Mr. Karst was present and explained that in order to be in compliance with his conditional use permit, he had to shut down the engine and transmission disassembly line and lay off the employees on that line. He requested that City Council reconsider a conditionaFuse permit amendment to allow for the disassembly of engines and transmissions based on the.fact that a similar facility in Ramsey is permitted to do so and in order that the employees e0ald be placed back on the payroll. Council directed City Stiff to proceed to work with Mr. KarSt for a conditional use permit amendment as expeditiously as possible. Observations: On December 1, 1992, I inspected Danny's Aluminum Processing, Inc. On December 3, 1992, I sent a written notice of the violations found on December 1 to Mr. Dan Karst and gave him until January 5, 1993 to make the corrections. I also sought the assistance of Minnesota POllution Control Agency (MPCA) and Anoka County Environmental Services to inspect the facility for compliance with those terms that I felt I was not qualified to address. On December 11, 1992, Fereshteh Rahimzadeh of MPCA inspected Danny's Aluminum Processing fa¢ility. Her verbal comments to me were that she observed the facility for a couple of hours prior to approaching Mr. Karst for an on-site inspection and that she had no violations to report. On December :21, 1992, Duwayne Konewko of Anoka County Environmental Services inspected Danny's Aluminum Processing, Inc. In summary, Mr. Konewko was impressed with the extent to which Dantiy's Aluminum Processing is in compliance, with State and County environmental regulations. He also provided me with a copy of OSHA s inspection report dated October 28, 1992. The report indicates that there were some violations that were classified as non-serious that have been eorr~.eted. The employees were also monitored for exposure to air and noise pollutants; there were no violations.