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Application for General Planning Permit Cretex Concrete Products North, Inc. Description of Request Cretex Concrete Products North, Inc. ("Cretex") is requesting a general planning permit to allow the erection of two temporary tent structures for a period of more than four days. The tents will be used to provide shelter from the elements to Cretex employees and Teamsters Local 120 representatives for purposes related to an ongoing labor strike against Cretex. Pursuant to an order for injunction by the Tenth Judicial District Court, Cretex must promptly petition to the Elk River City Council for permission for the tents to be erected and maintained for the effective period in the injunction in approximately the locations identified in Exhibit A to the injunction. The injunction shall be in effect until: a) Cretex and the Union execute a bargaining agreement; b) if no agreement is executed, the Union ceases to represent the Cretex employees; or c) as otherwise ordered by the Court. A copy of the Court's Order for Injunction and Exhibit A have been submitted with this application. Cretex is requesting permission for a temporary tent, no larger than 20' x 30', to be placed on a grassy area on Cretex' property that lies between the plant fence and westbound Highway 10, adjacent to where Cretex' fence turns away from Highway 10 and begins to run north. This tent is referred to as the "non-picketers' tent" in the Court Order and Exhibit A, and on the plans submitted with this application. This tent will be located 30 feet or more from the front Cretex property line along Highway 10 and 10 feet or more from the side lot line adjacent to the house at the intersection of Upland and Highway 10; thus, the tent will comply with the minimum setbacks for the I-I zoning district. Cretex is also requesting permission for an 8' x 10' tent, referred to as the "picketers' tent," to be placed on the hard dirt surface just outside of the Cretex fence, just to the west of the main entrance, and immediately before the prairie grass. The proposed location of this tent is also depicted on Exhibit A to the Court Order and the plans submitted with this application. The proposed location of this tent is not on Cretex property; rather, it is in what is believed to be a right-of-way area immediately abutting the Cretex fence and property line. However, the proposed location of the picketer's tent is set well back from the traffic lanes of Highway 10. The tent will provide a measure of visibility and safety for the picketers who are already using the right-of-way to picket Cretex, and will increase the safety for vehicles entering and exiting the Cretex main gate. </-;:::::.../ /),,-