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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Four State Aggregates LLC and Landowner Duvall Truelsen
High Impact Permit No. 385
For Gravel Mining Operattnn and Mitigation Gonditia»s
For property described on attached exhibit "A"
The Montezuma County Commission recognizes tho aesthetic value and
importance of the Dolores i2iver 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 Development projects in the unineorpo~•ated areas of
Montezuma County. Phis process will ensure compatibility of commercial and
industrial uses with surrounding land uses. The specific purposes df i:hese
regulations are:
A. 7o protect and strengthen the established industries of agricu'ture,
commerce, industry, tourism, recreation, and to pro}eCt prC+p~*ty
values.
D To protect and strengthen the economic viability of 1hs private rand
governmental sectors of the County,
C to regulate development that would otherwise cause excessive
noise, water or air pollution;
D To ensure, to the maxirnurn extent pract~rable, chat growth will pay
for itself, and that the present residents do not have to subr,idize
' new growth and development,
E. 7o ensure that High Impact DevelopmenE projects are sited,
constructed, developed and operated in a manner that is cons sfent
wile the land use policies and regulations of Montezuma County
r. To protect the rural character and visual and aesthetic resources of
the County and to protect the health, safety, and welfare c:,f the
people of the County and the State of Colorado.
Gravel production is certainty one o{ the biggest challenges in balancing these
purposes, because grave! resources are most abundant and available in river
corridors. which are also high in aesthetic and other natural re~~ource vHiuas.
From the economic standpoint, tourism and construction related to residential
growth are both highly important Tne aesthetic qualities oP the County ~;rttract
new residents who increase the demand tar gravel resources needed to build
and maintain houses, roads, septic systems, businesses and ether supKSrting
infrastructure. Road maintenance is also a primary responsibility of County
Government. and performing this service is directly dependent on the avall•sbility
and cost Of gravel resources.
'these cvmpet+ng purposes and needs must be reconciled by the jucricivus
application of the Montezuma County Land Use Code which is based rn thr
Montezuma County Comprehensive Land Use Plan, formulated by a i:itiYen
working group which spent some 1 B months formulating a plan to address the
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