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ARDEN HILLS PLANNING COMMISSION – April 9, 2014 2 City Planner Streff explained that Hood Packaging Corporation is located at 1887 Gateway Boulevard within the Gateway Business (GB) Zoning District. The property is generally positioned north of Interstate 694, south of Highway 96, east of Interstate 35W and west of Round Lake. Hood Packaging is a national company that manufactures various types of paper and plastic packaging products. The applicant is requesting a Planned Unit Development (PUD) Amendment to install one (1) doubled walled storage tank along the southeastern side of the building. The proposed storage tank has the capacity of 2,500 gallons and is approximately five and one half (5.5) feet in height, fifteen (15) feet in length by three and one half (3.5) feet in diameter. City Planner Streff stated that the applicant has indicated that they are in the process of installing an additional printing press to expand the types of products they manufacture. With the new equipment coming online in the near future there is a need for an additional outside storage tank. The proposed tank would be used to store ink and solvent waste that is produced by the new flexographic printing process. According to the applicant, the waste materials that are produced by their manufacturing process are stored onsite and then collected and transported off-site for recycling. City Planner Streff commented that there are currently four (4) similar storage tanks and two (2) silos on the property that were installed following the approval of three previous PUD Amendments. The existing storage tanks are used for housing new and recycled solvent along with waste ink and solvent that is produced during the manufacturing process. The two (2) silos are used for storing plastic resin pellets that are used for the extrusion laminator. This request would add one (1) additional storage tank to the southeastern side of the property. The proposed storage tank would be located adjacent to the existing storage tanks and within the current screening fence. The storage tank would be placed horizontally behind the existing tanks and approximately seven (7) feet from the external wall of the building. According to the applicant, the MPCA requires that the tanks on the property be double walled and placed within a containment area on the exterior of the building. The containment area in the event of an accident is required in order to hold the contents of the largest storage tank. The applicant currently has a containment curbing system in place that has the ability to hold one- hundred (100) percent of the contents of the largest tank on site. The applicants have a valid license with Ramsey County for handling hazardous materials (waste ink and solvent) that are produced. Hazardous waste materials can be handled in the GB Zoning District with the proper licenses from the Ramsey County Public Health Department. City Planner Streff reported that the applicant has submitted a narrative of the project, a site plan of the property, and the details of the storage tank. City Planner Streff stated that the property has been part of five previous planning cases. In 1997, the original PUD was approved in Planning Case 97-006. PUD Amendments in Planning Cases 00-017 and 00-031 were approved in 2000, for minor changes to the exterior of the building and to add storage tanks on the southeast side of the building. In 2007, a PUD Amendment was approved in Planning Case 07-013 that allowed the installation of two additional storage tanks within the previously approved screening area. Planning Case 11-019