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COMPOSITE REPORT-Page 2 CUP No. 1405 DANE COUNTY PLANNING DIVISION STAFF COMMENTS BACKGROUND A. The applicant is requesting a conditional use permit to allow establishment of a mineral extraction operation in the A-1 Exclusive Agriculture District. The applicant intends to excavate, process, and remove sand from the 26 acre site. The applicant requests approval of the CUP at the public hearing. B. The subject property is in the Town of Cottage Grove, roughly 1/4 mile southeast of the Village of Cottage Grove and 1/4 mile east of CTH N. The property is not within an urban service area. II. ANALYSIS A. The subject property has been in cropland use. There are three houses in the immediate area. Two are along Nora Road and one new home is northwest of the subject property. Other surrounding lands are in agricultural use. B. The applicant intends to extract sand and aggregate from the site through use of scrapers, dozers, endloaders, backhoes, draglines and trucks. A portable screening and washing plant would be used, and a portable crushing plant may be used depending on the materials encountered. Blasting and drilling would not be required. The applicant indicates that the site would be in operation for five to eight years, with extraction proceeding from north to south. An average of 40 loads (roughly 80 truck trips) are expected per day from April to November, with intermittent loading in other months. Requested hours of operation are 6:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. C. Exhibit A shows the "site initiation plan" for the proposed operation. The site plan shows construction of a berm to screen the subject site from Nora Road. It also includes fencing around three sides of the subject site. The applicant notes that fencing is not shown along the north side of the subject property because that area is virtually inaccessible due to the marsh and creek to the north. The site plan does not show the new house to the northwest, the intermittent stream to the southeast, or existing and proposed driveways, as required by Zoning Division instructions. D. Exhibit B shows the proposed reclamation plan. Previously removed topsoil and overfill would be used to restore a portion of the site to agricultural use, with the remainder restored to wetland and a pond. The applicant indicates a willingness to provide a bond for reclamation. The applicant has also provided a written reclamation summary, which suggests that the following activities would be part of the reclamation plan: • Spreading topsoil, grading, seeding, and planting disturbed areas. • Creating a stormwater swale and sedimentation basins to address runoff from stormwater coming from off-site. • Creating a stormwater pond designed to hold runoff. • Restoring drained wetlands and enhancement of degraded wetlands. E. The property includes and/or is bounded by the following environmental features: