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�,.. 4.0 BACKGROUND �,►- �..� 4.1 Section 1012.09A of the City Code states: The City Council may authorize an Interim Use Permit of property. Interim uses may not be consistent with the land uses designated on the adopted Land Use Plan. They may also fail to meet all of the zoning standards established for the district within which it is located. 4.2 Section 1012.09B of the City Code states: The City Council may attach conditions to Interim Use Permits. In reviewing Interim Use Permit applications, the City will establish a specific date or event that will terminate the use on the property. The Council will also determine that the approval of the interim use would not result in adverse effects on the public health, safety, and general welfare, and that it will not impose additional costs on the public if it is necessary for the public to take the property in the future. 4.3 During the 2006 construction season, Ramsey County discovered buried concrete and asphalt debris as they reconstructed the intersection of Snelling Avenue and County Road C. This debris was removed to the County property on Larpenteur Avenue, east of Kent Street. 4.4 The temporary use would begin in late March or early April and last for approximately 3 days plus the time it takes to install and dismantle the crushing equipment. 4.5 This request is similar in nature to (although much smaller in scope than) the Shafer Contracting IUP on the Meritex property at 2880 Walnut Street, which was approved by the City Council in February, 2005. 4.6 The City Council denied a 1998 request to allow a larger, longer, intermittent recycling operation; the minutes from the February 23, 1998 City Council meeting do not indicate why the Interim Use Permit was denied. Another similar request was withdrawn, in part, because of the controversy generated by proposals to have such a temporary use on the Kent Street property. 5.0 STAFF COMMENTS 5.1 General concerns with this type of temporary recycling operation relate to noise, vibrations, and dust. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has requirements pertaining to such noise and vibrations which must be satisfied by crushing operations. 5.2 No environmental assessment or impact documentation is required for this activity. 5.3 Ramsey County wants to do the crushing and mixing early in the spring while the windows of nearby homes are still closed. This would reduce the potential negative impacts of noise and dust. 5.4 Noise level estimates for nearby locations were prepared for the 1998 request; the estimates were based on noise level readings from a recycling operation located in South Saint Paul. The estimates were prepared for locations at 479 Wagner Street, 512 PF07-013_RPCA_030707 Page 2 of 4 ��`