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. -- <br />~ SEC ~°'~ ~~ <br />APR 61987 <br />MIN <br />RESOLUTIONI N0. 1987-23 REC(,J-MAI~ ui~ ~•+~•''JN <br />RESOLUTION CONCERNED WITH CONDITIONAL LAND USE <br />FOR THE WILLOW BEND SAND PIT <br />WHEREAS, JOHN DILLON, dba SANDCO OF DURANGO, l,as mai <br />Board of County Commissioner approval for a c}iange in lar <br />mineral extraction operation for removal of sand from a s. <br />tl~e west bank of the Animas River, known as tkie Willow E <br />would be located about two (2) miles nortk. of Durango, abo <br />of U. S. Hwy. 550 on tl~e west bank of the Animas River in <br />described on tkie Applicant's request for land use approval; <br />WHEREAS, Section 3.2.4 of tl~e County's Subdivision F <br />Plata County Land and Resource Management Program, requj <br />land use, sucl~ as proposed by tl~e Applicant, to be proce <br />One project with Planning Commission review and recommendal <br />Mined Land Reclamation Act requires that prior to the Mint <br />Hoard issuing a permit for the proposed sandpit operation, <br />tl.e Act, and for whic}t the Applicant }gas made applicatia <br />impact operation, t}iat the County, as the local governmen <br />use jurisdiction over t}ie proposed site, find that tl~e open <br />in violation of the County's zoning or subdivision requlat! <br />WHEREAS, the La Plata County Planning Commission rt <br />change in land use at its February, 1987 meeting but was <br />recommendation and tl.erefore forwarded the application to <br />Commissioners without a final recommendation; and <br />WHEREAS, the Applicant in l,is formal application fo: <br />approval and in his statements to the Planning Commission <br />Commissioners has represented that the actual sand bar ar <br />approximately~l to 1.5 acres in size. The area to be mines <br />the entire six (6) acres of affected area as stated in t}ie <br />Mined Land Reclamation Board. The proposed sandpit operat <br />of one medium-sized rubber-tired front-end loader to ext: <br />sand and only one medium-sized dump truck would be loaded t <br />given time. There would be no more than five material hs <br />per day from the site. No crushing, processing, or stock p <br />is to occur on the site. T},e total voltune of extracted v <br />exceed tine thousand (5,000) cubic yards per yeaf. T1.ere L. <br />of equipment or machinery on the site, except the loader du: <br />tions. Operations would be confined to periods of low wa <br />River, during daylig}~t }.ours, and in no event earlier than <br />than 6:30 p.m. Monday t},rough Saturday. No permanent or tee <br />or improvements of any type are to be built or located on <br />to the operation would be limited to a single graveled acs <br />Highway 550. There are to be no operations below the r <br />Animas River or any otl.er type of activity which would req <br />from the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers; and <br />application for <br />i use to permit a <br />td bar located on <br />!red Pit. The pit <br />t 1,300 feet east <br />n area as legally <br />and <br />relations, the La <br />~s any c}~ange in <br />ed as a Category <br />gyn. The Colorado <br />Land Reclamation <br />s is required by <br />for as a limited <br />entity wit} land <br />:ion would not be <br />~s; and <br />~d the proposed <br />e to agree on a <br />Board of County <br />County land use <br />tnd this Board of <br />a to be mined is <br />does not include <br />pplication to the <br />lore would consist <br />act and load the <br />t the site at any <br />Cling track trips <br />ling of materials <br />iterial is not to <br />to be no storage <br />ing mining opera- <br />er in the Animas <br />:30 a.m. or later <br />porary structures <br />tl~e site. Access <br />ess off of U. S. <br />tter life of tl,e <br />lire a 404 permit <br />