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City to evaluate the SSO collection program in six or twelve months. The City Attorney advised staff that a Conditional Use Permit runs indefinitely and may not be terminated except for violation of its terms or with the consent of the property owner. In this case, the City could elect to issue an Interim Use Permit for the SSO collection area instead, which can be granted for a term of up to three years. Staff has reviewed this option with the applicant and they would be supportive of this approach. It should be noted that the Conditional Use Permit application in Planning Case 14-008 is for both the new SSO collection area as well as the existing yard waste operation. While the yard waste site has been operational since 1984, staff has not found a formal agreement or permit between the City and County regarding activities on the site. Staff believed that with Ramsey for an SSO collection area, this was a good opportunity to formalize the existing use of the property under a single Conditional Use Permit. If the City Council wishes to approve an Interim Use Permit for the SSO collection area, it could also make a separate motion to approve a Conditional Use Permit for the remaining activities on the site. With an approval of both an Interim Use Permit and Conditional Use Permit for the separate activities, the conditions of approval for the two permits would need to reflect the different uses and their expected impacts. A vote to deny Planning Case 14-008 would not affect the existing yard waste operation, as it would continue to be considered a permitted non-conforming use. Hours of Operation The Planning Commission requested additional information from the applicant on the hours of operation for the site. Currently, the yard waste site is only open from April through November on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. With the addition of the SSO collection service, Ramsey County would keep the site open on all weekends throughout the winter. Traffic Ramsey County expects the SSO collection component to be relatively minor in relation to the overall activities on the site. Currently the site averages approximately 50,000 visits per year. For initial estimating purposes, the County has assumed that by the end of 2014, approximately 200 households will be using the SSO collection service on a somewhat regular basis. Many of those participating are likely to be residents who are already using the site to drop off yard waste. The existing access road to the yard waste site can accommodate a large amount of traffic and measures approximately 600 feet in length from the end of Hudson Avenue to the collection area. ______________________________________________________________________________ City of Arden Hills City Council Meeting for February 24, 2014 P:\Planning\Planning Cases\2014\PC 14-008 - Ramsey County - CUP Yard Waste & Organics Site\Memos_14-008 47 Page of