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~ KECEIi/E® _ ~T 1~111~~~~1~~~~~~1~~ 7 ~«,_ ~,.,_.`~L1_ MINED LAND RECLAMATION DIVISION I "~ ~ 1, 1So3 I Colo. Dept. of N~ir~I~~~rr1e~N RE: APPROVAL OF USE BY SPECIAL REVIEW FO RItl:C~1P~~1G9/t+~Siiao(WET) SAND AND GRAVEL MIPdE - LA POUDRE SAND AND GRAVEL, INC. WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, pursuant to Colorado statute and the Weld County Home \ Rule Charter, is vested with the authority of administering the affairs of Weld County, Colorado, and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners held a public hearing on the 5th day of October, 1983, at the hour of 2:00 o'clock p.m. in the Chambers of the Board for the purpose of hearing the application of La Poudre Sand and Gravel, Inc., c/o Mr. Robert Bosley, Attorney at Law, 520' Main Street, Windsor, Colorado 80550, for an open-pit (wet) sand and gravel mine on the following described real estate, to-wit: Part of Section 19, Township 6 North, Range 67 west of the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado. WHEREAS, Section 24.4.2 of the Weld County Zoning Ordinance provides standards for review of said Use by Special Review, and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners heard all of the testimony and statements of those present, has studied the re- quest of the applicant and the recommendations of the Weld County Planning Commission and all of the exhibits and evidence presented in this matter, and having been fully informed, finds that: 1. This request is in compliance with the Weld County Comprehensive Plan and the Weld County Extraction Plan, Mineral Resources, Volume II. The Weld County area in question is located in a resource conserva- tion area. The Weld County Extraction Plan states that extraction shall be encouraged in resource con- servation areas, as long as appropriate extraction standards are followed. 2. The submitted materials are in compliance with appli- cation requirements of Section 24.7; 44.1; 49:2 and 49.3 of the Weld County Zoning Ordinance. 3. It is the opinion of the Board of County Commissioners that the applicant has shown compliance with Section 24.4.2 of the Weld County Zoning Ordinance as follows: i a. The proposal is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan policies which allow uses of an industrial nature to occur where the resources are available (i.e. gravel and sand operations as noted on pages 62-63 of the Comprehensive Plan). b. The proposal is consistent with the intent of the Agricultural Zone District in that the proposed use does not interfere with other agricultural LHR 173A c ~ ~i./