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City of I Elk River 1306 Orono Parkway ilk River, MN ~~330 11~a~cli ?, ? 010 11~s, D eb walte~s ~~raste ~anage~nent lnc, 22460 Highwa~~ 1 G9 Nw Elk Ri~rea:, I~~N X5330 Re. O~din.ance Amendment Regaa:ding Buffer Area Requi~e~nent Dea~Deb; Foy: o~cTe~ two decades both the active area of the landfill a~zd the buffer area requi~:ed bar state law anal i~ra the Landfall's Conditional Use Pea;~nit have been located witltin the bounda~~ies of the Cit~r's Solid waste Facilities Ove~la~r Zoning Dist~.ct, It leas alwa~Ts been the Cit~7's anew that both the active area and the ~equi~ed buffer area aa.•e paa:ts of the Solid ~rlaste Facility within file ~nea:~ing of the Cit~T Code, and that all pa~•ts of a Solid waste Facilit~~ :m.ust be located with~a the Solid waste Facilities O~re~laj~ Zo;raing l~zst~ct. Not-~7ithstanding the language of tla.e Cit~r Code ,~equi~ing that all p~ope~t~r needed o~ usef-ul fog the pa~ocessing o~ disposal of Solid waste be located within the Solidwaste Facilities O~rea:la~T Zoning Distiict, and its 22 ~Teaa: histo~-~T of compl~Ting with this ~equiiement, Elk Ri~re~ Landfall has tal~en the position, i~ a Januaa.•~~ 2S, 201 ~ lettea: to C~t~r staff and in subsequent pleadings in Slae~bu~•ne Count~~ District Cou~~t, that the Cit~r's Solid waste Facilities Ordinance is ambiguous and :~equi~:ed buffer areas o~: buffer zones aye not xe~ui~ed to be located within the Solid ~r~aste Facilities Ovezla~T Zoning Dis~:ict. The Ci~r Council considered dais position in the coua:se of app~o~rhlg a renewed and amended condi~onal use pe~~ni.t and license fog the Landfall on Feb~~ua~~ 1G, 2010, and found that the 200 foot buffer zone requited b~7 State law is an integral paa:t of tlae Solid waste Fac:~lit~r urlaich is a Landfall and that, thetefo~:e, tequi~~ed buffer areas and buffet zones ate requited b~- the cuttent Cit~1 Code to be located ti~rithi~. the Solid waste Facilities O~Tea:la~~ Zoz~.g District, In light of the Landfall's neu~ position tegaa:ding buffet ai~easa Cit~7 staff feels it urould be appxopa:iate fay the Planning Commission and Cit~r Council to addzess the intent of t11e Solid ~~jaste Facilities Ordinance b~~ considea:ing arnendme:~ts to Cla.aptea:s 30 and 58 of the Elk Ri~re~ City- Code Thetefoie, City- staff leas ptepa~ed the enclosed oa:ditxance a~~.endtnents for Phone; 7~3,63~.~000 ~a~; 7G3,G3~,10~Q Www,ci,e~k-river,mr~,us