PERMFILE51030

• Permit No: M2001001
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 12/4/2003
• Doc Name: Line Camp Pit
• From: Kelly R. Mc Cabe P.C.
• To: First Asst. Attorney General
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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pour State Aggregates LLC and Landowner buvall Truelsen
Amended High Impact permit No. 385
Far Gravel Mining Operation and Mitigation ConditYons
For property described on attached Exhibit "A"
The Montezuma County Commission recognizes the aesthetic value and
importance of the bolores River Valley to residents and non-residents alike. The
Montezuma County Land Use Code provides for High Impact Permit Regulations
whose general purpose is to facilitate the identification, designation and
regulation of High Impact bevelopment projects in the unincorporated areas of
Montezuma County. This process will ensure compatibility of commercial and
industrial uses with surrounding land uses. The specffic purposes of these
regulations are:
A. To protect and strengthen the established industries of agriculture,
enmmerce, industry, tourism, recreation, and to protect property
values.
B. to protect and strengthen the economic viability of the private and
governmental sectors of the County;
C. To regulate development that would othervrise cause excessive
noise, water or air pollution;
b. To ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that growth will pay
for itself, and that the present residents do not have to subsidize
new growth and development;
E. To ensure that High impact Development projects are sited,
constructed, developed and operated in a mannerthat is consistent
with the land use policies and regulations of Montezuma County.
F. To protect the rural character and visual and aesthetic resources of
the County and to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the
people of the County and the State of Colorado.
Gravel production is certainly one of the biggest challenges in balancing these
purposes, becaus© grave! resources are most abundant and available in river
corridors, which are also high in aesthetic and other natural resource values.
From the economic standpoint, tourism and construction related to residential
growth are bath highly important. the aesthetic qualities of the County attract
new residents who increase the demand for gravel tesources needed to bu11d
and maintain houses, roads. septic systems. businesses and other supporting
infrastructure. Road maintenance is also a primary responsibility of County
Government, and perForming this service is directly dependent on the availability
and cost of gravel resources.
These competing purposes and needs must be reconciled by the judicious
application of the Montezuma County Land Use Cade which is based on the
Montezuma County Comprehensive Land Use plan, formulated by a cHizen
working group which spent some 18 months formulating a plan to address the
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