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SECTION 3 Zoning Amendment -SWF Overlay District 3.1 ZONING AMENDMENT NARRATIVE The 31.8-acre portion of the expanded Landfill and buffer which is within the SDA is zoned A-1, Agricultural Conservation. The official request is to extend the SWF Overlay District to this portion of the SDA. The City's Zone Change Form requests in italics, with ERL's responses thereto, are as follows: Submission of a typewritten narrative that answers the fol%wing questions: ^ What are the reasons/purposes of the zone change? The nature of landfill operations requires it to expand in order to continue its operations. The purpose of the zone change request is to allow for the permitted expansion of the landfill within the SDA. What has changed to warrant the zone change? The existing MSW solid waste landfill will reach its currently permitted capacity in the near future, and the SDA will provide additional MSW design capacity. The nature of landfill operations requires it to expand in order to continue its operations. ^ How is the request consistent with the Comp P/an? The 2004 Comprehensive Plan (Plan) contains the following text within its vision statement, "As Energy City, Elk River seeks to promote sustainable and energy efficient forms of developments" (pg. 2-2). ERL's existing 137.4-acre landfill property includes a Landfill Gas to Energy Facility and the expanded Landfill provides the opportunity for additional green energy generation capacity. The southern-most 8.9-acre portion of the expanded Landfill, which is located within ERL's existing 137.4-acre landfill property, is guided "landfill" in the Plan. The Plan states that the "Landfill use is consistent with the current land use plan" (pg. 5-13). The entire SDA is guided "mining" in the Plan. The Plan states that the "[m]ining land use designation functions similar to the Urban Reserve. The primary objective of this land use category is to allow the current mining use of the land and address future land use when development becomes imminent" (pg. 5-13). The "mining" designation is consistent with this request as mining will continue to occur within the SDA. The Plan states that the discussions at the Comprehensive Plan Task Force meetings and public meetings has been to guide the future development of the "mining" area toward a combination of Commercial and Industrial uses close to existing and proposed roadway infrastructure (pg. 5- 13). The expanded Landfill is consistent with these discussions. The EIS found that "the proposed project is compatible with the existing and future land uses in the project area." The 31.8-acre portion of the expanded Landfill and buffer on the SDA is Elk River Landfill SDA Section 3-1 Land Use Application ~ ~ ` `- ~eCIC~<