PERMFILE120893

• Permit No: M1986165
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 3/23/1987
• Doc Name: RESOLUTION 1987-23 RESOLUTION CONCERNED WITH CONDITIONAL LAND USE APPROVAL FOR THE WILLOW BEND
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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MAR 2 31987
RESOLUTION N0. 1987-23
F~SOLUTION CONCERNED WITH CONDITIONAL LAND USE
FOR THE WILLOW BEND SAND PIT
WHEREAS, JOHN DILLON, dba SANDCO OF DURANGO, l.as mat
Board of County Commissioner approval for a change in lar
mineral extraction operation for removal of sand from a s+
the west bank of tlae Animas River, known as the Willow f
would be located about two (2) miles nortk, of Durango, abo
of U, S. Hwy, 550 on the west bank of the Animas River in
described on t}ie Applicant's request for land use approval;
WHEREAS, Section 3.2.4 of the County's Subdivision F
Plata County Land and Resource Management Program, requ!
land use, such as proposed by the Applicant, to be proce
One project with Planning Commission review and recommenda~
Mined Land Reclamation Act requires t}iat prior to the MinE
Board issuing a permit for the proposed sandpit operation,
tl,e Act, and for w}iic}i the Applicant }ias made applicatia
impact operation, t}~at the County, as the local governmen
use jurisdiction over the proposed site, find t}iat t}ie ope;
in violation of tk,e county's zoning or subdivision regulati
MINED LAND
application for
t use to permit a
td bar located on
!nd Pit. T},e pit
t 1,300 feet east
n area as legally
and
gulations, the La
•es any change in
sed as a Category
Lon. The Colorado
I Land Reclamation
as is required by
for as a limited
entity wit} land
ition would not be
ins; and
WHEREAS, the La Plata County Planning Commission rev ewed the proposed
c}~ange in land use at its Febniary, 1987 meeting but was un le to agree on a
recommendation and t}ierefore forwarded the application to t e Board of County
Commissioners without a final recommendation; and
WHEREAS, the Applicant in kris formal application fo
approval and in his statements to the Planning Coom!ission
Commissioners has represented that. the actual sand bar ar
approximately 1 to 1.5 acres in size. The area to be mine
t}ie entire six (6) acres of affected area as stated in t}.e
Mined Land Reclamation Board. The proposed sandpit operas
of one medium-sized rubber-tired front-end loader to ext
sand and only one medium-sized droop truck would be loaded !
given time. T}~ere would be no more than five material ha
per day from the site. No crus}~ing, processing, or stock p
is to occur on the site. T}~e total volume of extracted n
exceed five t}~ousand (5,000) cubic yards per year. T}:ere i
of equipment or mack,inery on the site, except the loader du
tions. Operations would be confined to periods of low wa
River, during daylight hours, and in no event earlier than
t2~an 6:30 p.m. Monday t}.rough Saturday. No permanent or to
or improvements of any type are to be built or located on
to ttie operation would be limited to a single graveled ac
Highway 550. There are to be no operations below t},e ~
Animas River or any other type of activity which would zec
from the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers; and
County land use
and this Board of
~a to be mined is
I does not include
application to the
iOR WOUld COREiSt
•act and load the
n t}ie site at any
uling truck trips
.ling of materials
aterial is not to
to be no storage
ping mining opera-
ter in the Animas
': 30 a.m, or later
!porazy structures
the site. Access
Bess off of U. S.
ater line of t}ie
wire a 404 permit