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Motion Carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Nixt, Commissioners Johnson, Kociscak, Reeve, and <br />Watson. Voting No: None. <br /> <br />Case #11: <br /> <br />Request for a Conditional Use Permit to Operate a Recycling and Metal <br />Processing Facility; Case of St. Paul Terminals, Inc. <br /> <br />Chairperson Nixt closed the regular portion of the Planning Commission meeting at 10:48 p.m. <br />in order to call the public hearing to order. <br /> <br />Public Hearing <br /> <br />Chairperson Nixt called the public hearing to order at 10:48 p.m.- <br /> <br />Presentation <br /> <br />Community Development Director Frolik stated that in 1989, the City issued a conditional use <br />permit to Daniel Karst to operate an aluminum processing facility at 14050 Basalt St. NW. One <br />of the terms of the permit is that reassignment of the permit to someone else would require <br />Council approval. Mr. Karst submitted a request to City Council on May 8, 2001, requesting that <br />the permit be reassigned to St. Paul Terminals. Council reviewed Mr. Karst's file and because of <br />a significant history of violations and the fact that the scope of St. Paul Terminal's operation is <br />different than that of Mr. Karst's. Staff was directed to initiate proceedings to consider <br />revocation of Mr. Karst's permit and St. Paul Terminals was advised, to apply for a new <br />conditional use permit. Accordingly, the City has received an application from St. Paul <br />Terminals to operate a recycling and metal processing facility at 14050 Basalt Street. The scope <br />of the facility proposed includes a redemption and processing center for ferrous and non-ferrous <br />metals; melt furnaces for the aluminum; process and recycle vehicles, including the disassembly <br />of bodies, engines, transmissions; retail sales of saleable timbers from abandoned railway. Mr. <br />Jeff Schott, Jr. of St. Paul Terminals would be managing the Ramsey facility. He has submitted <br />a 2 sheet site plan for Lots 1 and 2. The site plan identifies the various processing areas within <br />the building and the yard. St. Paul Terminals is proposing to remove all steel and chain link <br />fence and encompass the yard with a 13 foot high concrete wall. The wall will provide 100% <br />opacity screening and will be the base structure from which the storage bins will be constructed <br />within the yard. Outdoor storage of containers and company trucks and the retail sale of timbers <br />is proposed on Lot 2 (no activity is proposed for Lots 3 and 4). Mr. Schott is currently in <br />discussions with the City to formulate a master plan for the future expansion of the facility to the <br />east versus to the north. St. Paul Terminals has two other facilities; one in St. Paul Park and one <br />in Redwing. City Staff contacted Barry Sittlow, the City Administrator for St. Paul Park. He <br />states that St. Paul Terminals runs a clean operation and they are a cooperative commercial <br />neighbor. The only complaints the City receives relate to noise. Apparently, the use is on a <br />lawful nonconforming or 'grandfathered' site nestled in a residential area. He stated St. Paul <br />Terminals manages their facility in a manner that would be acceptable and appropriate in an <br />industrial zone. Some City staff persons and Councilmembers Kurak and Anderson visited the <br /> <br />Planning Commission/June 5, 2001 <br /> Page 24 of 28 <br /> <br /> <br />