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Aggregate Industries can adequately address issues like noise, vibration, and dust for <br /> these residences because they are so close to the operation. <br /> • SETBACKS <br /> Aggregate Industries are proposing to use topsoil from the site as a berm between their <br /> operation and the adjacent road and residences. The proposed berm will work well for <br /> protecting 213th Avenue from erosion and for traffic safety. A description of the berm is <br /> included in Aggregate Industries's application. The proposed berm is 95 feet wide. The <br /> cities minimum setback from mining activities to adjoining properties used for residential <br /> purposes is 50 feet. <br /> FENCING <br /> The city's Mineral Excavation Ordinance requires fencing around ponding areas that are <br /> one and one-half(1 '/2) feet deep or more. Fencing is also required adjacent to steep <br /> slopes (the cut face of the mining operation. Aggregate Industries is proposing to fence <br /> their entire site. <br /> OTHER ISSUES <br /> Numerous other issues that are of concern with a mining operation have been adequately <br /> addressed in Aggregate Industries's application. Staff chose to elaborate only of the most <br /> significant issues in this memo. <br /> RECOMMENDATION <br /> Staff is recommending approval of Aggregate Industries's request to conduct mining <br /> • activities on the property in question under the stipulations and conditions found in the <br /> attached CUP based on the following findings: <br /> )=. Aggregate Industries's proposal, including their proposed reclamation, is <br /> consistent with the City of Elk River's EIS on Mineral Excavation, <br /> Comprehensive Plan, Mineral Excavation Ordinance and Zoning Ordinance. <br /> ➢ The City of Elk River's long range planning anticipated mining as an interim use <br /> on the property in question, when it was zoned Mineral Excavation Overlay <br /> Zoning District. <br /> ➢ The operation will not result in the loss of natural, scenic or historic features of <br /> major importance and it does not appear to have the potential for significant <br /> environmental effects. <br /> ➢ The conditions placed on the operation adequately protect adjacent properties and <br /> the city from detrimental affects from the operation due to excessive traffic, noise <br /> odor, smoke, fumes, glare, dust or vibration. <br /> ➢ The conditions placed on the operation require it to comply with all appropriate <br /> City, State and Federal requirements. <br /> • <br />