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Home My WebLink About990807.tiff ratcwt.) Weld County Referral December 21, 1998 COLORADO The Weld County Department of Planning Services has received the following item for review: Applicant Mary Roberts/Jeremiah Case Number USR-1211 Wickham Please Reply By January 11, 1999 Planner Ben Patton Project Site Specific Development Plan and Use by Special Review Permit for a Recycling Facility. Legal Part of the SW4 of Section 31, T1 N, R66W of the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado. Location West of and adjacent to US Hwy 85; approximately %2 mile north of WCR 2. Parcel Number 1471 31 000092 The application is submitted to you for review and recommendation. Any comments or recommendation you consider relevant to this request would be appreciated. Please reply by the above listed date so that we may give full consideration to your recommendation. Any response not received before or on this date may be deemed to be a positive response to the Department of Planning Services. If you have any further questions regarding the application, please call the Planner associated with the request. Weld County Planning Commission Hearing (if applicable) February 2, 1999 ❑ We have reviewed the request and find that it does/does not comply with our Comprehensive Plan ❑ We have reviewed the request and find no conflicts with our interests. L% See attached letter. Comments: Signature �� Date /_ 19P Agency / /59y //7 /4c7io.:1 +weld County Planning Dept. +1400 N. 17th Ave.Greeley,CO. 80631 +(970)353-6100 ext.3540 +(970)35 „.Extuerr I q 990807 44 till DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING INSPECTION I PHONE (303) 353-6100, EXT.3521 (303) 352-6312 C. FAX WELD COUNTYADMINISTRATIVE EY0COLORADO VENUE GRE COLORADO January 8 1999 Mary Roberts 2324 Elmira St. Aurora Co. SUBJECT: Case number: USR-1211 Dear: Mrs. Roberts We have reviewed your request for a recycling facility. The following items should be noted on the blueprints at the time building permits are applied for. 1. Floor plans. 2. Engineered structural and engineered foundation design. I have attempted to reach you at 303-364-0104 and 719-274-4222 to discus the following concerns. The Uniform Building Code requires that the buildings be at least 20 feet from property lines or fire -resistive construction is required. 60 feet of clear space must also be maintained on 3 sides of the buildings to allow 16,000 square feet of floor area. When the blueprints are reviewed there may be additional requirements. Please call or write our office if you have any questions. Sincerely, Roger igil Plans Examiner Service,Teamwork, Integrity,Quality STATE OF COLORADO Roy Romer,Governor -pFeO� Patti Shwayder, Executive Director ,c • e Dedicated to protecting and improving the health and environment of the people of Colorado ; ' HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND WASTE MANAGEMENT DIVISION � http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/hrn/ rg 76• 4300 Cherry Creek Dr.S. 222 S.6th Street, Room 232 Colorado Department Denver,Colorado 80246-1530 Grand Junction,Colorado 81501-2768 P Phone(303)692-3300 Phone(970)248-7164 of Public Health fax(303)759-5355 Fax(970)248-7198 and Environment December 30, 1998 ^3 A �� 1;1 Ben Patton u l/ Weld County Planning Dept. 666l0 WC 1400 N. 17'h Ave. Greeley, CO 80631 -080 �IUIUUL'�d MUf10G W1' Re: Recycling Facility Proposal, USR-1211 SW WLD ROB lA Dear Mr. Patton: I have received a copy of the proposed recycling facility plan to be located approximately at US Highway 85 and WCR 2. A recycling facility is exempt from a certificate of designation under the solid waste act, C.R.S. 30-20-102(5). The Department will be writing rules during 1999 under the statutory authority to govern certain aspects of recycling. A copy of the draft rule will be sent to Weld County when it becomes available. When the Weld County Commissioners make their final determination concerning this USR please forward a copy of the decision to me at the above address. The Department does not object to the plan as submitted. If you have q estiojyymay be reached at 303/692-3445. /I Sincer 1 /' Gle ` . al o r So Waste Unit Leader CO pliance Program cc T. Jiricek, WCHD EXHIBIT I to W Id County Plannau of Fire Prevention JAN 1 2 1999 Brighton Fire Protection District Brighton, Colorado tctW D Mr. Ben Patton, Planner January 11, 1999 Department of Planning Services Weld County Government 1400 North 17th Ave., Greeley, Colorado 80631 Subject: Referral Review and Response, Case No. USR-121 1 Roberts/Wickham Dear Sir; The following comments are made in response to the above noted referral review. These comments are governed by the application of the Uniform Fire Code, and other codes or standards referenced within the Fire Code, as approved by the Board of Commissioners, Weld County. 1. Type of Storage: As impacting fire potential and development - The type of materials stored, because of the arrangement and formation, tend to accumulate large amounts of debris; debris lost from the actual bale itself and debris brought in by wind and other weather phenomena. A significant amount of attention, including appropriate fencing and debris protection will be required to prevent such accumulation. - Based on the only possible means of storage arrangements, a significant potential for weed growth exists in and around stored materials. A significant weed control program will be required to prevent such accumulation and growth. - The term length for storage of any one item stored will be important in the ability of the baled or stored material to survive deterioration due to weather and other handling conditions. Inventory control and rotation of materials stored will be an important issue in control of deterioration and accumulation. - Barrel storage, because of its open void nature in the stored position, will allow significant accumulation of weeds, trash., and other debris. Control measures for the development of each of these accumulations as well as rotation of storage will be significant in the minimization of accumulation. 2. Accessability: As pertaining to emergency vehicle response - Within the storage area and at a time in which buildings are constructed, fire apparatus must be able to be located within 150 feet of any materials stored or any point arou perimeter of any building constructed, moved into, or otherwise located in EXHIBIT District. I 425 South Main Street • Brighton, Colorado 80601 • 659-4101 • FAX: 6 Page 2 - The access point for this location, due to the lack of a service road on the west side of Highway 85, is only accessible from the south bound lanes of the highway and is located quite close to the intersection of the highway and WCR 2. Because of this situation, consideration must be given to the limits possibly created and a second entrance point further north, allowing two entry options. - The type of materials stored, baled cardboard, plastics, etc., pose a significant fire load (large and significant combat time requirements for fire control or extinguishment). Because of the fire load conditions, accessability and the ability to maneuver fire apparatus once on the property must be readily accomplishable. 3. Water Supply: For fire protection - This site does not have a water supply provided which will be capable of providing water for fire protection. The lack of water supply, water for fire protection, will need to be brought in by tanker truck. As previously noted, the significance of the fire load potentially will require large quantities of water to suppress a fire should it grow to any size. Careful and controlled separation of stored materials will provide means assisting in limiting the potential growth or size of fires. This is an on-going, and significant management condition. 4. Potential Hazards: For emergency response and fire protection - Again as previously noted, the type of materials stored in the baled condition present a significant fire load potential and because of the open nature of the storage, the potential for natural and man-created ignition is a high potential. Significant control of storage, debris accumulation, and man-created ignition sources will provide assistance in limiting the hazard but the potential for naturally caused ignitions cannot be readily prevented. - Storage of barrels, with truly unknown previous contents - non-toxic, toxic, flammable, non- flammable, continue to present concerns as noted previously but also due to heat expansion and expanding vapor explosion due to products as benign as water. Limiting the term of storage, strict control of storage methods, strict acceptance policies (pertaining to previous contents), and proper venting of the barrels provide some reduction of potential hazard but again are a significant on-going control and management condition. Previous content record keeping and separation of storage based on previous contents will provide some reduction in hazard for emergency responders. 5. Present Status: - This party has been previously contacted by the Fire District providing storage guidelines and requirements during the process of seeking permanent authorization of this property for this type usage. Those recommendations have been carried out on a very limited scale and total compliance with those guidelines is not nearly complete. - The Fire District has been contacted on three occasions by neighbors to this site and each indicated additional accumulation of storage has occurred in the last two months. Control of the material received and storage of material received does not appear to be meeting the above noted guidelines or other provisions of the Fire Codes previously noted to the occupant. - It appears that a significant increase in the number of barrels and containers of that type has grow appreciable over the last two month period. Page 3 6. Considerations and Recommendations: - Should this storage be allowed, strict compliance with appropriate Fire Code provisions and storage guidelines will be essential to maintaining this property within acceptable fire prevention and control conditions. It is management and enforcement of this strict compliance condition which may impose a large burden on the Fire District. Without the compliance and control, out break of fire in this type storage area, with the magnitude and fire load potential, will present a far greater burden on the suppression forces of the District. Not to imply that it would have the potential of a"tire mountain" fire, it would be a difficult and resource consuming fire to control and extinguish. - Should this storage be allowed, the Fire District recommends this installation exist only through continuous joint monitoring and management by County and Fire District functions with revocation of the permit for such usage at the potential recommendation of those functions. It is further recommended that continuation of the permitted usage be reviewed on a period of no more than one year basis. Should there be any questions concerning these comments, please do not hesitate to contact this office_ Thank You for this opportunity to respond. Respectfully, ,1 7 7 9 ,--- Robert Parker, Fire Marshal • rit J Weld County Referral Wk. December 21, 1998 COLORADO The Weld County Department of Planning Services has received the following item for review: Applicant Mary Roberts/Jeremiah Case Number USR-1211 Wickham Please Reply By January 11, 1999 Planner Ben Patton Project Site Specific Development Plan and Use by Special Review Permit for a Recycling Facility. Legal Part of the SW4 of Section 31, Ti N, R66W of the 6th P.M., Weld County, Colorado. Location West of and adjacent to US Hwy 85; approximately '/,mile north of WCR 2. Parcel Number 1471 31 000092 The application is submitted to you for review and recommendation. Any comments or recommendation you consider relevant to this request would be appreciated. Please reply by the above listed date so that we may give full consideration to your recommendation. Any response not received before or on this date may be deemed to be a positive response to the Department of Planning Services. If you have any further questions regarding the application, please call the Planner associated with the request. Weld County Planning Commission Hearing (if applicable) February 2, 1999 ❑ We have reviewed the request and find that it does/does not comply with our Comprehensive Plan ❑ We have reviewed the request and find no conflicts with our interests. VSee attached?SEter (� 1 p Comments:Jl_c • pib010Z Can 1O4. cI0Se'i t} `i'y\'2- 11.52 tsolipprcucd . `NAP nd - Signature Date it 1.29 Agency J)05 EXHIBIT 4-Weld County Planning Dept. 4.1400 N. 17th Ave.Greeley,CO.80631 -(970)353-6100 ext.3540 4-(970)35 1 CITY OF BRIGHTON f a. \v/ 22 SOUTH 4TH AVENUE I BRIGHTON, COLORADO 80601 I (303) 659-4050 January 11, 1999 Attention: Ben Patton Weld COIIt11V mamma Depi- Weld County Department of Planning Services 1400 N. 17th Ave. Greeley, CO 80631 JAN 1 4 199') Iii EC Dear Ben: Recently the City of Brighton received a referral from Weld County regarding a proposed recycling facility near Brighton adjacent to Highway 85 (case #USR-1211). The City of Brighton Planning Department is generally not in favor of this type of operation in this location and urges you to consider recommending denial of the application. This area is a highly visible area that functions as the northern "gateway" to Brighton. There are already some undesirable land uses within the area, and we would not want to see the continuation or expansion of any land uses that are detrimental to the area. We would suggest that this type of operation be located away from the Highway 85 corridor. In addition, I do not believe that there is adequate access to the property and adequate water for fire suppression would be difficult to provide without connection to a municipal water supply. If this project is approved, please provide assurances of enforceable conditions that will assure that the operation has adequate access and fire protection, as well as screening the view from Highway 85 and providing ample landscaping. We appreciate the opportunity to comment on this development proposal. We look forward to working with you on future projects. Sincerely,/�Zoy^G ' 7gavv— Mani Falconburg, A.1.C.P. City Planner cc: Joe Gerdom, Community Development Director Hello