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CON2014-00019 - AN AMENDMENT TO CONDITIONAL USE CU-346, TO EXTEND THE OPERATIONAL TIME OF A SAND AND GRAVEL EXTRACTION AND REMOVAL FACILITY BY 25-YEARS ON SF-20 SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONED PROPERTY, GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 53RD STREET NORTH, AT THE END OF HOOVER ROAD AND THE WEST SIDE OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER . (DISTRICT 4)
Presented by: John L. Schlegel, Director of Planning.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt the findings of the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission (MAPC), approve the Conditional Use subject to the conditions recommended by the MAPC, and authorize the Chairman to sign the resolution.
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Background: The applicant is requesting an amendment to CU-346, a Conditional Use to permit "mining or quarrying," which on this site means the extraction and removal of sand and gravel from the site. Condition "X" of CU-346 states that," All sand and gravel extraction shall be completed within 25-years after approval of this Conditional Use permit by the Board of County Commissioners" (BoCC). CU-346 was approved by the BoCC October 23, 1991, thus it will end October 23, 2016. Condition "X" also states that an extension of the operational time can be granted by the BoCC after a public hearing by the MAPC, thus the BoCC's consideration of this request. The proposed amendment also includes: changing the operational plan, which will increase the size of the operational sand pit lake (from 113.7-acres to 122.1-acres) in two phases, and; changing the post operation plan for the site, by reducing the number of single-family residential lots.
Reasons given for the proposed extension includes: the recent economic recession slowing the demands for the sand and gravel extracted from the site, thus not allowing the Conditional Use to be more fully realized, and; the owners studying the possibility of extracting more materials from the site with additional equipment.
The SF-20 Single-Family Residential (SF-20) zoned site is ...
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