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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1.0 ApplicationDate: March 30, 199APPLICATION SPECIAL/CONDITIONAL4 USE PERMIT Applicant: Western Slope Aggregates, Inc. Address of Applicant: Post Office Box 910, Carbondale, Colorado 81623 Special/Conditional Use: Temporary Highway 82 Access Legal Description: Parcel of land located in portions of Section 25 and 26, T7S, R88W of the 6th P.M. see attached for legal description. Practical Description (location with respect to highways, county roads, and residences): Parcel located just north of 5_#ate Highway 82. across from the Ranch of Roaring Fork (Blue Gravel Pit). Requirements: 1. Plans and specifications for proposed use (hours of operation, number of vehicles/day, location and size of structures, etc.). 2. Existing or proposed method of sewage, source of disposal and water. Road access and other information deemed necessary to explain proposed use. 3. A vicinity map drawn to scale depicting the subject property, location, and use of building and structures on adjacent lots. 4. An impact statement on the proposed use where required by Sections 5.03-5.03.12 of Zoning Regulations. 5. A copy of Assessor's map showing property; and a listing of all adjoining property owners of said property. 6. A base fee of $ 525.00 shall be charged for each application and shall be submitted with the application, additional charges may be unposed if county review costs exceed the base fee. 7. Attach a copy of proof of ownership for your property (deed, title insurance). If public notice is required, notice provided by the Planning Department shall be sent out at least five (5) days prior to hearing by return -receipt mail to all the above noted adjoining property owners. Mailing is the applicant's responsibility and proof of mailing must be presented at the hearing. Additionally, the same notice shall be published one (1) time in the official County newspaper at least fifteen (15) days prior to such hearing date. Applicant shall bear the cost of publication and be responsible for presenting the "Proof of Publication" at the hearing. The above information is correct to the best of my knowledge. Western Slope Aggregates, Inc. Applicant William M. Roberts, President March 30, 1994 Date - r r - - M- r air- - r r r- i r I (17 AM"'- A r r-- r All" -Mil r MI- 1I� r r ar- t r Western Slope Aggregate March 30, 1994 T0: Officials and Public of Garfield County FROM: The Blue Pit in Carbondale • • RE: Special Use Permit Application for Temporary Highway 82 Access Road The purpose of this application is for the temporary use of the present "Ranch Road" to access Highway 82. It would be used by Kelley Trucking to supply gravel for Colorado Department of Transportation Project STR-STA (CX 082-1) -20, better known as BLUE LAKE EAST TO BASALT. The requested usage period of the Temporary Access Road is April 15th, 1994 through November 1, 1994. WESTERN SLOPE AGGREGATES, INC. William M. Roberts President P.O. Box 910 • Carbondale, Colorado 81623 • (303) 963-9424 W- - r r - r W Jw. r r �-- -- 111 r - r -i -_- r MI- _� s WM i Western Slope Aggregate MARCH 30, 1994 TO: Officials and Public of Garfield County FROM: Blue Pit in Carbondale RE: Temporary Highway 82 Access Road This special use permit application represents a request for the addition of the temporary use of an existing access road to the existing permit issued in the name of Jean and Dee Blue and Zemlock and Sons, Inc. (Garfield County Resolution No. 81-384). The general character and nature of the gravel mining operation shall remain the same as in the existing permit. Present access to the permit is via County Roads 103 and 104. The new access road would utilize the existing access from the gravel pit to the new Highway 82 construction project. Under the present permit work hours are 7:00 am through 5:00 pm daily. Truck sizes will be tractor trailer units. Existing structures onsite presently include a scale house (200 sf), maintenance shop (3600 sf) and the crushing equipment. The existing methods of sewage disposal are portable chemical toilets for the gravel pit operation and truck drivers and a leach field for shop personnel. Water for pit activities, including washing of material and equipment and dust suppression, is obtained from the landowners water rights in the Basin Ditch in the summer. Water rights for the pit operation are provided for through District Court, Water Division No. 5, Case No. 87 -CW -364. Water will be trucked in for winter use as needed. P.O. Box 910 • Carbondale, Colorado 81623 • (303) 963-9424 • • Page 2 Temporary Access Road Permit March 30, 1994 The proposed temporary permit provisions offer the following benefits to the county, general public and the applicant: TEMPORARY ACCESS ROAD 1. Truck traffic will be removed from County Roads 103 and 104. This will remove the conflicts of truck traffic with the growing residential traffic on County Road 103, increasing public safety. Conflict between school bus traffic and existing bus stop at the 103/104 intersection would also be removed. Maintenance requirements on these roads will also be reduced. 2. The new route will reduce the trip time by ten minutes over the present access. This will save fuel and improve truck efficiency. This is of course beneficial to the applicant, but it is, in the long run, also beneficial to the public. 3. Trucks would be able to haul overweight do to the fact that no county roads or state highways will be travelled on. This will reduce the amount of trucking by one half. 4. Trucks will pass in front of the Ranch at Roaring Fork either on Highway 82 or new access. If temporary access is used, traffic will be reduced by one half. The temporary access road is presently in place. It has been constructed within the new Highway 82 Four -Lane Project presently under construction. IMPACTS OF THE PROPOSED REVISIONS 1. Truck traffic will be accelerating and decelerating in the vicinity of the Ranch at Roaring Fork, introducing some additional noise in the area. The impact of this noise is difficult to quantify when considered in context with the existing noise levels of highway 82 traffic volumes and the present construction project. i • Page 3 Temporary Access Road Permit March 30, 1994 MINING OPERATIONAL CRITERIA 1. All mining operations will be contained within the boundaries of the site as defined by the meets and bounds description attached with this application. 2. The hours of extractive operations shall be limited to 7:00 am through 5:00 pm daily. 3. Dust conditions on the temporary access drive will be controlled through frequent water applications, the use of magnesium chloride or other chemicals effective in the suppression of dust. 4. Water shall be used as a dust suppressant in the pit area and applied in a frequency and manner sufficient to mitigate any adverse impact from dust. —aw- r fir r— r __ ter r a -‘1111 r r ww—�— r SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR TEMPORARY ACCESS ww— Amor Western Slope Aggregate IMPACT REPORT This impact report is offered as a supplement to the previously submitted special use permit application. The report responds to the subject and issues identified in Section 5.03.07 - Impact Report and Section 5.03.08 - Industrial Performance Standards. INTRODUCTION The site which is the subject of this report is presently occupied by a gravel mining and crushing operation which was permitted in 1981 (Garfield County Resolution No. 81-384). This special use permit application requests a change in the access route to the mining site. The operational plan has been brought up to date, but the remaining aspects of the proposed operation will remain consistent with the presently inforce use permit. A more detailed explanation of the proposed revisions and additions is included in the text accompanying the permit application and will not be repeated here. This report intends to describe any possible impacts of the operation and, where appropriate, to discuss mitigation measurers. GOVERNING LAWS AND REGULATIONS The operations at the site will fall under the jurisdiction of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board (MLRB) and the Colorado Department of Health. The existing MLRB operations permit for the site has been transferred into the name of Western Slope Aggregates. The pit is presently in operation under the provisions of Permit NO. M-81-207, Revision No.SO-02. The Air Pollution Control Division of the Colorado Department of Health has issued an Emission Permit for the site, Permit No. 83GA233F. This permit is presently in the process of being transferred to Western Slope Aggregates. SURFACE/SUBSURFACE WATER There are no active natural streams heading on or running across the project area. The Basin Ditch and a feeder ditch cross the project and irrigates lands within the project boundary. The mining and rel carnation plans incorporate provisions for maintaining uninterrupted flows in these ditches. P.O. Box 910 • Carbondale, Colorado 81623 • (303) 963-9424 • • Page 2 Impact Report The hydrologic characteristics of the reclaimed area following mining will be very similar to those existing today in that surface drainage is now and will remain tributary to the Roaring Fork River either by surface flow or entry into the water table. Plant operational water will come from the landowners water rights in the Basin Ditch. Water rights for the pit operation provided for through District Court, Water Divison No. 5, Case No. 87 -CW -364 (see attached). Operational water requirements will be minimized by maximum recirculation of wash water. Any surface drainage potentially contaminated in the operation area will be collected, settled, and skimmed for floating contamination prior to its release from the project area. The topographic character of the pile site directs all surface drainage from potentially disturbed areas back into the pit. EMISSIONS The proposed operations are potential sources of dust, noise and vibration. The previously discussed Emission Permit requires certain procedures and equipment to restrict the release of fugitive dust or other air pollution from the mining operation. The most intense source of dust is from vehicular traffic at the pit site and on the proposed access road. The frequent applicaiton of water will control dust at the pit site. The access road will be treated with magnesium chloride or similar dust suppressant to control dust. The pit site is surrounded by considerable acreage owned by the Applicant, except east of the site where the Carbondale Landfill is located. This provides as significant buffer area over which any arrant dust may dissipate. This buffer is also significant in reducing any impacts that noise or vibration might have on adjacent properties. The apparent closest residents are located at the Ranch at Roaring Fork. The vibratons generated by the rock crusher or dozer activities are not detectable at the site boundaries. No audio measurements have been taken at the site, but noise generated at the site do not appear to be any where near the maximum levels allowed at the site boundaries by Section 5.03.08 (2) of the Garfield County Zoning Codes. Any sound reaching the Ranch at Roaring Fork from the pit site would be of a very low decibel level and will be mashed by the noise created by traffic on Highway 82. • • Page 3 Impact Report WILDLIFE The majority of the mine site has historically been in agricultural production. This proposal does not alter the area of disturbance created by the mining operation as defined by the existing special use permit. Reclamation of the site will result in slopes that will develop a climax vegetation dominated by sage and will provide quality forage for deer. The small area at the bottom of the mine site is anticipated to be returned to agricultural uses. The proposed new access will not significantly disturb the slope facing the highway beyond the scar created by the existing ranch access road. All disturbed areas remaining after construction of the proposed access will be topsoiled and revegetated. The upper portion of the road is incorporated into the disturbed area generated by the highway construction. On August 5, 1991, Mr. Rick Adams, Officer with the Division of Wildlife, was ment at the site and provided with a description of the proposed modifications of the special use permit. It is anticipated that Mr. Adams will address a letter to the County with his comments regarding the application. TRAFFIC IMPACTS Presently, access to the pit site for all traffic is provided via County Roads 103 and 104. The proposed access will remove almost all pit traffic from these county roads and provide a much more direct and safer route to Highway 82 for this project. Elapsed time for truck trips will be reduced by approximately ten minutes by the proposed road with reduction in fuel consumption and exhaust emissions. The long term detrimental impacts of the truck traffic on the structural and surface conditions of the county roads will also be eliminated. The removal of truck traffic from Conty Roads 103 and 104 will make these roads safer for the local residential, agricultural and school bus traffic. DOMESTIC WATER AND WATEWATER The primary factor influencing water and watewater services on the site are the number of employees located on site. The operators project a range of five (5) to ten (10) employees to be located at the pit site. The existing well will provide domestic water while wastewater will be processed by a standard individual septic disposal system. Restroom facilites will be located in the pit maintenance building, and chemical toilets will be used for pit operators and truck drivers. Western Slope Aggregate ADJOINING LAND OWNERS David Zimmerman Land Title 817 Colorado Avenue Glenwood Springs, Co 81601 Carbondale Landfill 4646 County Road 100 Carbondale, Co 81623 Harold Blue 4003 County Road 100 Carbondale, Co 81623 Ranch at Roaring Fork Homeowners Association 14914 Highway 82 Carbondale, Co 81623 Clifford Cerise 0086 County Road 104 Carbondale, Co 81623 Charles Harris 0323 County Road 104 Carbondale, Co 81623 Mike Hammes 1990 Bookside Common Annapolis, Maryland 21401 Jean and Dee Blue 0406 County Road 104 Carbondale, Colorado 81623 Carbondale Land Development Corporation Post Office Box 9705 Aspen, Co 81612 Greg Peter 1441 Quince Avenue Boulder, Co 80302 Rob Hunter 5347 County Road 100 Carbondale, Co 81623 Ed Collum Post Office Box 703 Basalt, Co 81621 Sheldon Gross Post Office Box 1037 Carbondale, Co 81623 Glen Harris 0323 County Road 104 Carbondale, Co 81623 Chris Sommer Post Office Box 4953 Aspen, Co 81612 P.O. 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