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Special Use Permit #98-2• • Tallier Gravel Pit Page 3 SPECIFIC CONDITIONS: The operator shall build County Rd 33A from the gravel pit north to US 40 to accommodate truck traffic. County Rd 33A will be built to the County road standard of a 30 foot section. The petitioner will be responsible for the acquisition of all necessary right-0f-way to allow fora 30 foot section of roadway. The operator shall coordinate all road and bridge improvements with the Road and Bridge Director. All road and bridge repairs necessary shall be completed prior to commercial operation of the gravel mine. This condition is not meant to prohibit use of the pit gravel for road improvements to County Rd 33A. 2. The operator shall place appropriate signage on County Rd 33A as directed by the Routt County Engineer. The petitioner will work with CDOT to install appropriate signage on US 40. 3. The petitionedoperatorsball be responsible for all dust abatement costs on County Rd 33A from the pit entrance to US 40. The Road and Bridge Director will be responsible for designating the dust abatement schedule. 4. The operator and the County shall cooperate with Union Pacific Railroad to address the widening and strengthening of the railroad crossing on RCR 33A, and the petitioner shall pay for one half of the costs. 5. Noise within the pit from associated equipment and bucks shall be muffled as much as possible. Trucks shall operate so that their movements form a loop, rather than backing movements, as much as possible. The operator shall work with staff and the Division of Minerals and Geology to ensure that the internal haul roads can accommodate looped movements. 6. Days of operation shall be Monday through Saturday. No mining, reclamation or crushing activities shall occur on Sundays or national holidays. If it is necessary to operate on Sundays or Holidays due to time or weather constraints, the Planning Director shall be notfied of the additional days and hours that are needed, and may issue an Administrative permit for a specfic period of time. 7. Hours of operation shall be from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Extensions of time may be granted by the Planning Director under emergency circumstances. 6. The crusher may be operated a maximum of 50 days per year. The crusher shall operate only during the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. The crusher shall be actively sprinkled to mitigate dust and shall be located in the bottom of the gravel pit to reduce noise. Two separate crusher operations may be located in the pit at the same time, but only one shall operate at any given time. 9. The permittee shall develop a landscape and reclamation plan to mitigate visual impacts and provide for concurrent reclamation. The landscape plan shall include the visual screening along the haul road. Planning staff shall approve the landscape plan. Grazing is the final use of the mining area after reclamation. 10. The haul road shall be reduced in length as shown on the plan submitted for the December 18, 1997 Planning Commission meeting. Plant species shall be acceptable to planning staff and the landowners. As a general guideline, one 8' -10' tall tree shall be planted every 15 feet to mitigate dust, noise, and visual impacts of the trucks to the adjacent landowners to the east. 11. The route for all haul trucks shall run north on RCR 33A from the pit entrance to US 40. 12. A mining buffer zone consistent with the gas line owner and Division Of Minerals and Geology permit requirements shall be kept to protect the gas line. 13. Riparian and wetland areas shall not be disturbed by mining. Anny Corps of Engineers (ACOE) permits and Routt County administrative water body setback permits shall be obtained for all road crossings of