HomeMy WebLinkAbout1.02 Additional informationApril 9, 2004
Dion Plsek
Cordilleran Compliance Services, Inc.
826 21 %z Road
Grand Junction, CO 81505
Garfield County
BUILDING & PLANNING DEPARTMENT
RE: Special Use Permit request for "Material Handling /Storage of Natural Resources" in
the ARRD zone district (water storage pond)
Dear Mr. Plsek,
Thank you for the application you submitted to this office for the Special Use Permit (SUP) request.
I am writing this letter to inform you that the Garfield County Building and Planning Department
needs additional information in order to process your SUP application. Your timeliness in providing
this information will expedite our ability to place your application on the public hearing agenda.
Please provide information that more specifically addresses each of the following items.
1. Submit a copy of the appropriate portion of a Garfield County Assessor's Map showing all
mineral rights owners of the subject property and public and private landowners adjacent to your
property (which should be delineated). In additional, submit a list of all property owners and
their addresses adjacent to or within 200 ft. of the site. This information can be obtained from the
Assessor' s Office.
2. Submit a copy of the deed and legal description of the subject property.
3. If you are acting as an agent for the property owner, you must attach an acknowledgement from
the property owner that you may act in his/her behalf.
4. Because the use you propose is considered as "Processing and Material Handling of Natural
Resources", you are required to provide a response to each of the specific standards included
below:
Standards in Section 5.03.07 for Industrial Operations
Industrial Operations: Industrial Operations, including extraction, processing, fabrication,
industrial support facilities, mineral waste disposal, storage, sanitary landfill, salvage yard, access
routes and utility lines, shall be permitted, provided:
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Section 5.03.08 Industrial Performance Standards
Industrial Performance Standards: All industrial operations in the County shall comply with
applicable County, State, and Federal regulations regulating water, air and noise pollution and
shall not be conducted in a manner constituting a public nuisance or hazard. Operations shall be
conducted in such a manner as to minimize heat, dust, smoke, vibration, glare and odor and all
other undesirable environmental effects beyond the boundaries of the property in which such uses
are located, in accord with the following standards;
(1) Volume of sound generated shall comply with the standards set forth in the Colorado Revised
Statutes at the time any new application is made.
(2) Storage area, salvage yard, sanitary landfill and mineral waste disposal areas: (A97-112)
(A) Storage of flammable or explosive solids or gases shall be in accordance with accepted
standards and laws and shall comply with the national, state and localfire codes and written
recommendations/comments from the appropriate local protection district regarding
compliance with the appropriate codes; (A97-112)
(B) At the discretion of the County Commissioners, all outdoor storage facilities may be required to
be enclosed by fence, landscaping or wall adequate to conceal such facilities from adjacent
property; (A97112)
(C) No materials or wastes shall be deposited upon a property in such form or manner that they
may be transferred off the property by any reasonably foreseeable natural causes or forces;
(A97-112)
(D) Storage of Heavy Equipment will only be allowed subject to (A) and (C) above and the
following standards: (A97-112)
1. The minimum lot size is five (5) acres and is not a platted subdivision.
2. The equipment storage area is not placed any closer than 300 ft. from any existing
residential dwelling.
3. All equipment storage will he enclosed in an area with screening at least eight (8) feet in
height and obscured from view at the same elevation or lower. Screening may include
berming, landscaping, sight obscuring fencing or a combination of any of these methods.
4. Any repair and maintenance activity requiring the use of equipment that will generate
noise, odors or glare beyond the property boundaries will be conducted within a building or
outdoors during the hours of 8 a.m. to 6 p.rn., Mon. -Fri.
5. Loading and unloading of vehicles shall be conducted on private property and may not be
conducted on any public right-of-way.
(E) Any storage area for uses not associated with natural resources shall not exceed ten (10) acres
in size.
(F) Any lighting of storage area shall be pointed downward and inward to the
property center and shaded to prevent direct reflection on adjacent property
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(3) Water pollution: in a case in which potential hazards exist, it shall be necessary to install
safeguards designed to comply with the Regulations of the Environmental Protection Agency
before operation of the facilities may begin.
Do not hesitate to contact this office in the event you have any questions.
Very truly yours,
Fred A. Jarman, Al , Senior Planner
970.945.8212
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