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Northwest Associated Consultants, Inc. U R B A N PLANNING • D E S I G N • M A R K E T R E S E A R C H PLANNING REPORT TO: Little Canada City Council FROM: Stephen Grittman DATE: 15 November 1989 RE: Little Canada - Aggregate Materials Recycling /Stockpiling FILE NO: 758.09 - 89.61 Our office has reviewed the status of the storage and /or recycling of aggregate material in several metropolitan communities including those in the Little Canada area. A copy of the survey summary is attached to this report. Eleven of the seventeen communities allow the recycling activity, some only by special. permit (CUP). Three others allow the stockpiling but not the recycling activity. Only three of the surveyed communities prohibit both activities. Almost all of the communities which allow either use require some level of screening. In some cases the stockpile must be fully screened from public view, and in some a six or eight foot solid fence is all that is required, even if the stockpile can be seen over it. We have prepared a graphic which illustrates the screening effect of a solid fence set upon a berm at the property line. There are a number of variable factors to be considered if the activity is to be allowed with screening. Should the area be screened as thoroughly (or at all) from a local industrial street as from a collector street? Should it be screened from drive -by traffic as thoroughly as pedestrian traffic? Should there be a minimum setback regardless of screening area? Should there be a maximum stockpile height regardless of screening area? The graphic illustrates that a stockpile which is not visible to a pedestrian at the curb line may be visible from vehicle on the road. 4601 Excelsior Blvd. • Suite 410•N/ Page 79 1.(612)925- 9420•Fax 925 -2721