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<br />It liSOf~IJ'I':(OPI NO. 19117-23
<br />RESOLUTION t,'ONCERNED WITH CONDITIONAL LAND USE
<br />FOR THE WILLOW BEND SAND PIT
<br />WHEREAS, JOHN DILLON, tiba SANDCO OF DURANGO, l,as ma(
<br />Board of County Commissioner approval for a change in laz
<br />mineral extraction operation for removal of sand from a sJ
<br />the west bank of tl,e Animas River, known as the Willow E
<br />would be located about two (2) miles nort}, of Durango, abo~
<br />of U. s. Hwy. 550 on tl,e west bank of the Animas River in
<br />described on t},e Applicant's request for land use approvals
<br />WHEREAS, Section 3.2.4 of tl,e (:ounty's Subdivision P
<br />Plata County Laltd and Resource Management Program, requf
<br />land use, sac}, as proposed by tl,e Applicant, t.o be proce
<br />One project with Planning Commission review and recommends(
<br />Mined Land Reclamation Act requires that prior to the Mine
<br />Board issuing a permit for tl,e proposed sandpit operation,
<br />tl,e Act, and for wi,icl, tl,e Applicant l,as made application
<br />impact operation, that t},e County, as the local governmen
<br />use jurisdiction over tl,e proposed site, find that tl,e opal
<br />in violation of tl,e County's zoning or subdivision reyulat:
<br />WHEREAS, tits La Plata County Planning Commission r(
<br />e),ange in land use at its Febntary, 1987 meeting but waa
<br />recommendation end therefore forwarded t},e application to
<br />Commissioners witl,ouL• a final recommendations and
<br />WHEREAS, L-l,e Applicant in l,is formal application fo
<br />approval and in l,is statements to t},e Planning Commission
<br />Commissioners l,as represented that. t1,e actual sand bar ar
<br />approximately 1 to 1.5 acres in size. The area to be mina
<br />U,e entire six (6) acres of affncted area as stated in t},e
<br />Mined Land Reclamation Board. Tl,e proposed sandpit opera
<br />of one medium-sized rubber-tired front-end loader to eat
<br />sand and only one meditun-sized damp truck would be loaded
<br />given time. There would be no more tk,an five material h
<br />per day from tl,e site. No crusl,inq, processing, or stock E
<br />is to occur on tl,e site. Tl,e total volume of extracted r
<br />.exceed five thousand (5,000) cubic yards per year. There !
<br />of equipment or macl.inery on tk,e site, except the loader dt
<br />tions. Operations would be confined to periods of low wt
<br />River, during daylight hours, and in no event earlier than
<br />t~,an 6:30 p.m. Monday tl.rough Saturday. No permanent or to
<br />or improvements of any L•ype are to be built or located on
<br />to tl,e operation would bn limited to a single graveled ac
<br />llig},way 550. T},ere are to be no operations below tl,e
<br />Animas River or any other type of activity w1,ic1, would re~
<br />from tl,e U. S. Army Corps of Engineersr and
<br />s application for
<br />t use to permit a
<br />Id bar located on
<br />:nd Pit. The pit
<br />t 1,300 feet east
<br />n area as legally
<br />and
<br />ulations, tl,e La
<br />is any c},ange in
<br />ed as a Category
<br />gyn. Tl,e Colorado
<br />Land Reclamation
<br />s is required by
<br />for as a limited
<br />entity wits, land
<br />:ion would not be
<br />is t and
<br />ed the proposed
<br />e to agree on a
<br />Board of County
<br />County land use
<br />and this Board of
<br />ja to 'be mined is
<br />l does not include
<br />application to the
<br />.ion would consist
<br />:act and load tl,e
<br />in tl,e site at any
<br />uling truck tripe
<br />Lling of materials
<br />aterial is not to
<br />s to be no storage
<br />ring mining opera-
<br />tor in tl,e Animas
<br />7:30 a.m, or later
<br />nporary structures
<br />tl,e site. Access
<br />Bess off of U. 5.
<br />rater line of tl,e
<br />;airs a 404 permit
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