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Conditional Use Permit <br /> 5338 Norway Grove School Road <br /> Deforest, WI <br /> July 19, 2016 <br /> We are requesting a rezoning about 34 acres,currently zoned A-1Exclusive,to A-2 with a conditional use <br /> permit to allow us to process and compost yard residuals and leaves on that portion of the property. <br /> Work is currently underway to reclaim a portion of this site,which was formerly a mineral extraction <br /> site. <br /> Our hours of operation are 7:00 am—4:30 pm, Monday—Friday, with an occasional Saturday of 7 am— <br /> noon if needed. We operate all year round,other than severe winter weather or extensive rain events. <br /> Purple Cow Organics employs about 25 people throughout the company. This site will have 1—2 full <br /> time people working there, day to day. <br /> A majority of our product is hauled in and out with our own trucks, or trucks under the control of Purple <br /> Cow. There will be no retail distribution at this site,just manufacturing of products via aerobically <br /> composting the material. <br /> We will have outside storage of yard residual material in process and some in curing and finished piles. <br /> Our cycle is to receive yard residuals and leaves from area municipalities, mostly curb side pick up <br /> materials,we start with size reducing the material and placing in windrows,where the material then <br /> goes thru a proprietary process to insure a very high quality finished product. Not all compost is created <br /> equally, and our finished material is approved for use in certified organic food production, and we follow <br /> a regimented testing protocol to insure quality, maturity and nutrient value. <br /> There is no outdoor lighting anticipated,we primarily work in daylight only. No loudspeakers. <br /> Signage will be as it is now, with the company name. Any additional signage will be strictly on site <br /> directional signage as needed. Any trash removal will be done via a private licensed waste hauler to a <br /> licensed landfill, mostly consisting of plastic and non-compostables. <br /> Six Standards of a Conditional Use Permit <br /> 1. The establishment, maintenance or operation of the facility will not be detrimental to or <br /> endanger the public health, safety, comfort or general welfare. <br /> This site is remote and surrounded by an active mining operation on 3 sides and agricultural <br /> lands on the eastern side. We are bordering a County highway for easy access to the state <br /> highway system and Interstate. The work we do, by the nature of what it is, is promoting public <br /> health, safety and general welfare, by producing a high grade horticultural soil amendment that <br /> returns important micro and macro nutrients to the soil, allowing the food that we ultimately <br />