PERMFILE102047

• Permit No: M2003091
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 1/9/2004
• Doc Name: Frederick Comprehensive Plan
• From: Town of Frederick
• To: Weld County Planniong
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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TOWN OF FREDERICK
P.O. BOX 435 • FREDERICK, CO 80530 • PHONE: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
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Weld County Department of Planning Services -Jacqueline Hatch
Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology -Erica Crosby
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January 6, 2004
Division of Minerals & Gaolopy
Lafarge West, Inc.'s Proposed Duckworth Pit - USR -1455, M-2003-091
The Town of Frederick is currently updating the Frederick Comprehensive Plan and expanding our
planning area. Lafarge West's Duckworth Pit is within the community's proposed future growth
area. As a result, the Town offers the following comments.
Vegetated berms
The applicant has not sufficiently demonstrated that the site will be adequately screened and
landscaped to mitigate visual impacts to adjacent land uses including the roads. The Town has
received several applications for rural subdivisions near the proposed gravel operation. In addition,
there are already two high-end residential developments along Weld County Road 7 (Rinn Valley
Ranch and Lighthouse Cave) and several homes near the site. Traffic on Weld County Road 20'/z
will continue to increase with the new development. The Town requests that the applicant
construct a vegetated berm along WCR 20'/ to help mitigate the visual impacts from the site. The
view to the south from the road is already impacted by the existing gravel operation.
The mining operation will also be visible from the Lighthouse Cove subdivision. The Town
recommends Lafarge construct an L-shaped berm along the northern property line. The berm
should start at the western setback to Idaho Creek and run west approximately 250'. It should also
extend southeast along the Idaho Creek setback for about 200' to screen the site from the existing
homes. The Town recommends the berm be 8' to 10' high.
Preserve Existing Trees Along All Site
Boundaries
There are several large, healthy trees along
WCR 20 % and on the northern perimeter of
the property. Please setback the mining
operation at least 10' outside of the trees' drip
lines and allow the dewatering water to flow
over the trees to help protect them from the
lowering of the water table. Please also
monitor the groundwater in these areas to
further help ensure the trees will be sustained.
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Trees along WCR 2D'/z and western boundary.