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ITEM- 5.3. <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> ty of' TO: PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> 1kRiver FROM: STEPHEN ROHLF, BUILDING AND` <br /> ZONING ADMINISTRATOR <br /> DATE: APRIL 25, 1997 <br /> SUBJECT: CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT <br /> REQUEST FOR MINERAL <br /> EXCAVATION BY BAUERLY BROS. <br /> CU 97-2 <br /> OVERVIEW <br /> Bauerly Bros., Inc. are requesting a conditional use permit to excavate gravel <br /> from an approximately 151 acre site. The location of the property in question <br /> is east of Highway 169 and south of 225th Avenue. A vicinity map is <br /> attached. <br /> Bauerly Bros. are slightly different than most gravel miners in the fact that <br /> they mine to produce product only for their own use; to be used in their road <br /> • construction business. The pit proposed will be active only when Bauerly <br /> Bros. have a road construction job in the vicinity. They estimate the pit will <br /> be active for twenty years. <br /> The land affected by this request was included in the city's recent <br /> Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on mineral excavation. The land <br /> included in the study was rezoned to ME/Mineral Excavation Overlay <br /> District to put adjacent property owners on notice of the intent to mine these <br /> properties. Therefore, the property in question is already zoned correctly <br /> (ME) to allow gravel mining. <br /> The subject property is close to the shoreland district for a pond attached to <br /> Trott Brook, which lies to the east. However, no property included in this <br /> shoreland district is proposed to be effected by the mining. - <br /> A check of the Biological Survey for Sherburne County does not show any <br /> rare or endangered plant species or habitats. Further, the EIS did not <br /> identify any threatened wildlife species on this property. <br /> Attached is a draft conditional use permit for this request. This conditional <br /> use permit contains standard language included in all permits for mineral <br /> • excavation. In Section 3, titled "Conditions", paragraphs 9 through 21 <br /> contain conditions particular to this proposal. <br /> s:\b&z\stever\baurcup.doc <br /> 13065 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 490 • Elk River, MN 55330 • (612) 441-7420 • Fax: (612) 441-7425 <br />