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Memo to PCPC <br /> Re: SUP No. 1999-002 <br /> June 9, 1999 <br /> Page 3 <br /> provided in Section 2 of the Pueblo County Zoning Resolution, no zoning permit shall <br /> be issued for a use not specifically mentioned or described unless in the judgement of <br /> the County Zoning Administrator or the Pueblo County Planning Commission the <br /> proposed use is similar to a use listed. The property has not been the subject of further <br /> land use action. <br /> ZONING AND LAND USE <br /> The property is zoned A-1, Agricultural (minimum 40 acres) Zone District as are the <br /> surrounding lands. The property is vacant rangeland with portions of it being leased for <br /> grazing purposes (Exhibit 4). <br /> FIRE PROTECTION <br /> The facility is not within the boundaries of any organized fire protection district. The <br /> property is within the area of the Pueblo Emergency Response Teams, who are <br /> dispatched to fight grassland and range fires, but not structural fires. <br /> WATER <br /> The applicant indicates the facility will be served by water wells located near the plant <br /> site. The quantity of water required for plant/office and other uses is projected to be <br /> approximately 150-acre feet per year. The applicant submitted two well permit <br /> applications (Nos. 49219F and 49218F). Well Permit No. 49219F was authorized and <br /> extended for its drilling period until November 21, 1999. The applicant sought an <br /> extension on the other permit, but the extension was not granted and that permit (No. <br /> 49218F) has expired. <br /> The Office of the State Engineer, Water Division 2, indicates the wells were permitted to <br /> be drilled in Section 22, T22S, R65W, and were authorized to obtain 93.3 acre-feet per <br /> year combined from both (Exhibit 5). The State Engineer indicates there are no valid <br /> well permits for drilling within Section 19, T22S, R64W, where the plant site is to be <br /> located. Additionally, the State Engineer's Permit No. 49219F Findings indicate that the <br /> applicant's proposed consumption was originally identified as 291-acre feet per year <br /> and that the source aquifer would be the Cheyenne Aquifer, which is a non-tributary <br /> aquifer. According to their well permit application, the applicant owns or has consent to <br /> withdraw ground water underlying 1480 acres of land. The State Engineer indicates <br /> that the annual amount of groundwater that can be appropriated to assure a 100-year <br /> aquifer life is 111 acre-feet. The applicant proposes to withdraw an amount that is <br /> greater than what is available underlying his lands. The Permit finds as follows: <br />