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Item No: 5A Meeting Date: March 15, 2006 Type of Business: Public Hearing City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Mounds View Planning Commission From: Heidi Heller, Planning Associate Item Title/Subject: Consideration of a Conditional Use Permit for an Environmental Processing Center at 4889 Old Highway 8; Planning Case No. CU2006-001 Introduction: The applicant, Merlin Brisbin of Star Environmental, Inc., is requesting approval of a conditional use permit to allow for an Environmental Processing Center, which would be located at 4889 Old Highway 8. This is the site of the current Skyline Motel, which is zoned “Industrial” and encompasses three lots for a total of approximately 2.85 acres. The applicant has a signed purchase agreement with the owners of the motel. The applicant would demolish the existing building and is proposing to construct approximately an 11,200 square foot building and a small additional accessory building. Discussion: Section 1116.04 of the Zoning Code conditionally allows manufacturing, compounding, processing, packaging or treatment of cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and food products and the rendering or refining of fats and oils as conditional uses in Industrial districts. The applicant is proposing to construct a 10,000 square foot environmental processing center and 1,200 square foot office and research & development, along with a small accessory building for a separate biofilter system. The Environmental Processing Center is designed in response to the Metropolitan Council Environmental Service’s need to change the way industrial and household liquid wastes are managed. This Center will include a receiving and processing facility that uses leading technology to dewater liquid waste in a clean and odor-controlled environment. The dewatering process produces a non-toxic, dry by-product ready for reuse or disposal. The filtrate water will be returned to the Metropolitan Council’s collection system, aiding their downstream processing. According to numerous Environmental Protection Agency documents, utilizing recyclable components of wastewater is preferred and will significantly lower costs for local and state governments. CUP Considerations: With every Conditional Use Permit application, Chapter 1125 of the Zoning Code requires that the Planning Commission review and address any potential adverse effects which include, but are not limited to; relationship with the Comprehensive Plan, geographical area involved, potential depreciation, the character of the surrounding area, traffic, adequate utilities and access roads and the demonstrated need for such a use. Each of these potential adverse effects is on the following page.