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z <br />Information/Issues at Public Hearing on November 272000 <br />• Request far analysis regarding moving equipment into pit in 3.5 years rather than the 7 years <br />proposed <br />• Equipment relocation is constrained by the available area that has been mined, which is a <br />function of market demand far stone <br />• Special Use Permits do not have a mechanism to reflect market demand; the possibility <br />exists that a condition (timeframe) could be placed on the applicant that is neither feasible <br />nor economical <br />• Request of petitioner to define `demonstrable result' with regard to well repair <br />• Request of enforceability of requiring covered loads <br />• County Attorney is presently researching this issue and will present findings at BOCC <br />meeting - <br />• Analysis of bike lane requirement <br />• Staffs requested additional width (i.e. shoulders) along the new portion of Bethel Hickory <br />Grove Church Road. We called the additional width `bike lanes' because bikes usually use <br />them; however, the intent was not specifically bike lanes but additional shoulder width to <br />allow vehicles to pass (i.e. overtake) without moving into the opposing lane. <br />• Condition regarding `attempt to telephone adjacent owners prior to blasting' <br />• There is no specific ordinance that requires the applicant to do this. <br />• Condition of berm being high enough at 20 feet. <br />• Staff anticipates that with the landscaping that will be put in place on the berm--20 feet will <br />be adequate. <br />• Condition allowing residents to submit claims until 2030. <br />• Staff recommends that this condition be amended for allow for repairs up to three (3) years <br />after mining ceases. <br />Continuation_of_January 11.2001 Planning_Board Meeting,to, February 7.2001 <br />Request of for additional information on the following issues: <br />• Requested response from applicant regarding John Sutherland NCDENR letter <br />• Response by January 2fi, 2001 [Applicant provided response] <br />• Requested height and profile of existing berm along the northern property line of the site <br />• Applicant submitted detail drawings - <br />• Amended condition # 14 to allow residents to file for well reparations up to three years after <br />mining ceases <br />• Staff added wording in Condition # 14 <br />Requested clarification of condition # 23 to verify maximum charge delay is consistent with <br />previous Special Use Permit <br />• The maximum charge delay was not set in previous Special Use Permit. The delay was <br />set in the Mining Permit and has been offered as a condition in the new Special Use <br />Permit. <br />• Requested condition # 30 to be amended to require a report to be filed with the Planning <br />Department on an annual basis <br />• Staff amended condition # 30 to require annual submittal on corporate letterhead with <br />verification of accuracy <br />• Requested research regarding extension of water/sewer lines into the Rural Buffer in cases <br />where there exists a public health risk <br />• Provided information on the water/sewer boundary agreement <br />