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Memorializing City Council action taken May 16, 2012 granting an interim use permit to Semple Crushing & Recycling LLC to process concrete and asphalt on a temporary basis at 91 Ridder Circle.
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WHEREAS, under Minn. Stat. § 462.3597, a municipality may temporarily permit the interim use of property provided the governing body makes the following findings:
(1) The use conforms to zoning regulations;
(2) The date or event that will terminate the use can be identified with certainty;
(3) Permission of the use will not impose additional costs on the public if it is necessary for the public to take the property in the future;
(4) The user agrees to any conditions that the governing body deems appropriate for permission of the interim use; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 462.3597, Semple Recycling & Crushing LLC ("Semple") duly applied to the Saint Paul City Council ("Council") for an interim use permit for the limited purpose of site remediation and cleanup of stockpiled concrete and asphalt refuse which Semple had brought to its property commonly known as 91 Ridder Circle and legally described as set forth in the said permit application which is incorporated herein by reference; and
WHEREAS, on April 18, 2012 and pursuant to Leg. Code § 61.303, a public hearing was duly conducted before the Council at which all interested parties were given an opportunity to be heard, and the Council, at the close of the public hearing, moved to continue the matter for final disposition to May 16, 2012 for the express purpose of obtaining a formal site plan of the proposed project and for other additional information; and
WHEREAS, on May 16, 2012, the matter was taken up again by the Council at which time the site plan prepared by Semple and a staff report recommending specific conditions to place on the interim use permit in the event it is approved were presented to the Council by staff from the department of planning and economic develo...
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