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batch plant that would process the mined materials into concrete. <br /> The project would be located on four parcels of land zoned "Open" <br /> under the Land Use Code — zoning that permits mining, but not a <br /> concrete batch plant, as a "principal use" of property. Larimer <br /> County Land Use Code § 4.1.5 (2018). To engage in the proposed <br /> activities, Ready-Mix needed Board approval for "use by special <br /> review." See Land Use Code § 4.5.3. <br /> Ready-Mix's application included a document entitled "sketch <br /> plan project description," which outlined its initial vision of the <br /> operation as follows: <br /> • during the life of the mine, sand and gravel would be delivered <br /> by conveyor or truck from the mining pit to a crusher, where <br /> the material would be washed and "sorted into sand stockpile <br /> and multiple gravel stockpiles"; <br /> • next, "aggregate from the gravel stockpiles w[ould] be hauled <br /> to a hopper to be conveyed to the batch plant"; <br /> • at the concrete batch plant itself, "aggregates [would be] mixed <br /> with cement and additives" imported from off-site; and <br /> • the product from the concrete batch plant would be "combined <br /> with water at the concrete mixer truck load out facility <br /> 4 <br />