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Approval of Land Lease with Mega Trucking, LLC for Tract B, ASLS 98-26, a 6.82 parcel along Richardson Hwy.
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SUBMITTED BY: AnnMarie Lain
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Approve Land Lease with Mega Trucking, LLC for Tract B, ASLS 98-26, a 6.82 parcel along Richardson Hwy.
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SUMMARY STATEMENT:
Mr. Passin, of Mega Trucking LLC, has requested the lease of Tract B, ASLS 98-26, a 6.82 parcel along Richardson Hwy for the purpose of storing gravel, heavy equipment, and refining gravel from the Glacier Stream river bed.
Tract B, ASLS 98-26, is zoned Public Lands. Chapter 4 of Valdez Municipal Code states that "no application for lease shall be considered unless the land desired to be leased is zoned to permit the use to which the applicant intends to put the land." Chapter 17 zoning requirements for Public Lands District, document attached, outlines the intent of the zoning district as well as the permitted and conditional uses. The intent of the Public Lands Zoning District is stated below:
The P (public lands) district is intended to contain major open space areas, watershed management areas and major public and quasi-public, recreational, educational and institutional uses, including private lands and uses that are essentially public in character and of specific value to the entire community.
Although the intent of the purpose of storing gravel is to make the sale of gravel available to the public market which would add "specific value to the entire community," the requested use for storing gravel, heavy equipment, and refining gravel is not listed as a permitted principal use.
Natural resource extraction; however, is listed as a conditional use. It is staffs opinion, that if code allows for the extraction of natural resources as a conditionally permitted use then code would allow for the storage of gravel and equipment in conjunction with that use. S...
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