Resolution - #00-03-071 - 03/28/2000

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NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RAMSEY, ANOKA COUNTY, STATE OF MINNESOTA, as follows: 1) That the Applicant appeared before the Planning Commission for a public hearing • pursuant to Section 9.03.04 of the Ramsey City Code on February 1, 2000, and that the public hearing was properly advertised and that the minutes of said public hearing are hereby incorporated by reference. 2) That the subject site is approximately 15 acres in size. 3) That a commercial asphalt bituminous plant is not a permitted use in any district in the City of Ramsey. 4) That the City of Ramsey issued a conditional use permit to the Applicant for an asphalt production plant on July 12, 1988 that expired on January 31, 1995. 5) That the City of Ramsey issued another conditional use permit to the Applicant on February 28, 1995 to continue operation of the asphalt production plant until March 1, 2000. 6) That on January 19, 2000, the Applicant submitted a request to renew the conditional use permit for the asphalt production plant on the Subject Property. 7) That the Subject Property is zoned Business Warehouse and the surrounding parcels are zoned either Business Warehouse or Industrial. 8) That the Subject Property and surrounding parcels were zoned Industrial until 1990; and the asphalt plant is compatible with the surrounding uses that developed in that area, prior to the City rezoning a portion of the Industrial zone to Business Warehouse. 9) That the asphalt plant will continue to require silos and conveyors totaling approximately 65 feet in height. 10) That the Applicant has stated that the plant will continue to process demolition concrete and asphalt into aggregate for re -use. 11) That the use is proposed to continue in operation from approximately April through November of each year and run approximately 14 hours per day, Monday through Saturday. 12) That on June 5, 1996, the Applicant received Air Emission Permit No. 00001988 -001 from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for a hot mix asphalt facility; this Permit does not have an expiration date. 13) That the asphalt plant will continue to create truck traffic to and from the subject property on an average of 15 trucks per hour when the plant is operating. 14) That the plant will continue to receive access to County Roads #116 and #57 via a thirty (30) foot wide connection between the site and Basalt Street N.W., which is owned by Tiller Corporation, a parent company of Commercial Asphalt. The plant is also accessed via McKinley Street N.W., which is limited to incoming product only. 15) That history has shown that on certain occasions, accelerated work schedules required the extension of hours of operation and this may continue to be the case in the future. • 16) That during the term of the current conditional use permit, from February 28, 1995 to March 1, 2000, the City of Ramsey has received no complaints pertaining to operations at the asphalt plant. 17) That the proposed use will not adversely impact traffic in the area. RESOLUTION #00 -03 -071 Page 2 of 3