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CITY OF ELK RIVER AGREEMENT FOR ISSUANCE OF AMENDED CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into this day of 1996 by and between the CITY OF ELK RIVER, a Minnesota municipal corporation (hereinafter referred to as the City), and ELK RIVER LANDFILL, INC., a Minnesota corporation (hereinafter referred to as the Permittee), provides as follows: WHEREAS, the Permittee owns the real properties described on Exhibit A attached hereto (hereinafter referred to as the Landfill Property), situated in the City of Elk River; and WHEREAS, Permittee has been operating a landfill on the Landfill Property prior to January 20, 1987, and is currently operating a landfill at that location (the Landfill); and WHEREAS, the City adopted an amendment (the Amendment) to its zoning ordinance authorizing the designation of a Solid Waste Facility (SWF) district effective January 20, 1987; and • WHEREAS, prior to the adoption of the Amendment, landfill use was not a permitted or conditional use in any zoning district within the City; and WHEREAS, Permittee's landfill operation on the Landfill Property was a nonconforming use prior to the adoption of the Amendment; and WHEREAS, the appropriate and lawful regulation of the use of land for landfill purposes within the City is a matter of important public need and interest; and WHEREAS, the residents of the City could be adversely affected by the unregulated operation of the Landfill; and WHEREAS, the City rezoned the Landfill Property to SWF district and issued a Conditional Use Permit and Solid Waste Facility License for the Landfill operation in October, 1988; and WHEREAS, Permittee has applied to the City for renewal of the Solid Waste Facility License and has requested that the Conditional Use Permit be amended to permit additional activities on the Landfill Property; and •