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<br />RESOLU'f10N NO. 1987-23
<br />RESOL[ITION CONCERNED WITH CONDITIONAL L11}7D USE APPROVAL
<br />POP. TILE WILLOW DEND SAND PIT
<br />WHEREAS, JOHN UILLON, dba SANDCO OF DURANGO, l,as n
<br />Board of County Commissioner approval for a change in 1
<br />mineral extraction operation for removal of sand from a
<br />tl,e west bank of tl,e Animas River, known as t1,e willow
<br />would be located about two (2) miles nortl, of Durango, al
<br />of U, S, Hwy, 550 on Y.},e west bank of the Animae River ii
<br />described on t}ie Applicant's request for land use approva
<br />WHEREAS, Section 3.2.4 of the County's Subdivision
<br />Plata County Land and Resource Management Program, regr
<br />land ttse, sucl, as proposed by tl,e Applicant, to be proc
<br />One project wit.l, Planning Commission review and recommends
<br />Mined Land Reclamation AcY. requires t},at prior to t},e Mir
<br />Aoard issttirig a permit; for tl,e proposed sandpit operation
<br />tl,e Actr and for wl,ic}, tl,e Applicant 1,as made applicati,
<br />impact operation, that the County, as the local governme,
<br />ttse jurisdiction over the proposed site, find that t},e opr
<br />in violation of tl,e County's zoning or subdivision regulal
<br />de application for
<br />td use to permit a
<br />and bar located on
<br />Send Pit, T},e pit
<br />ttt 1,300 feet east
<br />an area as legally
<br />and
<br />gulatione, tl,e La
<br />'es any change in
<br />sed as a Category
<br />.on. T},e Colorado
<br />1 Land Reclamation
<br />as is required by
<br />for as a limited
<br />entity with land
<br />,tion would not be
<br />,ns; and
<br />WHEREAS, t1,e La Plata County Planning Commission re iewed tl,e proposed
<br />change in land ttse at its Febntary, 1987 meeting bttt was noble to agree on a
<br />recommendation and therefore forwarded tl~e application to t},e Doard of County
<br />Commissioners without a final recommendation; and
<br />WHEREAS, tl,e Applicant in l,is formal application f r County land ttse
<br />approval and in },is statements to t},e Planning Commissio and t;l,is Board of
<br />Commissioners l,as represented that. tl,e actual sand bar rea t.o be mined is
<br />approximately 1 to 1.5 acres in size. The area to be mind does not include
<br />tl,e entire six (6) acres of affected area as stated in tl, application to tl,e
<br />Mined Land Reclamation Board. Tl,e proposed sandpit open tion would consist
<br />of one medium-sized robber-tired front-end loader to a -ract and load t},e
<br />sand and only one medium-sized damp tnick would be loaded on t}ie site at any
<br />given time. '1'},ere would be no more than five material ,aulinq track trips
<br />per day from t},e site. No crushing, processing, or stock piling of materials
<br />is to ocettr on tl,e site. T1,e total volume of extracted material is not to
<br />exceed five t},ousand (5,000) ct,bic yards per year. There is to be no storage
<br />of equipment or mac},inery on t},e site, except t},e loader uring mining opera-
<br />tions. operations would be confined to periods of low ater in tl,e Animas
<br />River, daring daylight. l,ottrs, and in no event earlier t.1,a 7:30 a.m, or later
<br />than 6:30 p.m. Monday tlirottgh Saturday, No permanent or emporary structures
<br />or improvements of any type are to be built or located o tl,e site. Access
<br />to t},e operation would be limited to a single graveled ccess off of U. S.
<br />I11g}iway 550. There are to be no operations below tl,e water line of ti,e
<br />Animas River or any other type of activity wl,icl, would r quire a 404 permit
<br />from t},e U. S. Army Corps of Engineers; and
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