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97-1406# 7 ... }� Council File # 97 -/yo� Ordinance # `een sheet # 3/�� ORDINANCE OF S NT PAUL, I� Presented By Referred To � Committee: Date Am ordinance amending Chapter 60 of the Saint Paul Legislafive Code pertaining to zoning. The Council of the City of Saint Paul does ordain: Section 1 10 That Section 60.213. M., Definitions, of the Saint Paul Legislative Code is hereby amended by adding new 11 definitions as follows: 12 13 Section 60.213.M. 14 Metal shredder. Zarge. A facilitv that accepts, stares. and shreds laree used recvclable metal products, 15 includine motor vehicles. appliances. sheet iron. industrial cli�s, whether or not maintained in connection 16 with another business. Shreddin� is the reduction in size of the metal �roducts bX means of a rotor equip�ed 17 Hith hammers, including in and out conv�ors. scrubbers. se�aration and dust collection e,c.�ioment_ and other 18 connected machines. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Metal shredder small. A facilitv that accepts. stores, and shreds small used recyclable metal �roducts including cans and other small metal �roducts (excludine motor vehicle� whether or not maintained in connection with another business. Shredding is the reduction in size of the metal �roducts by means of a rotor e��ed with hainmers and may include in and out conveyors scrubbers sepazation and dust collection e�uinment. and other connected machines. Section 2 27 28 That Section 60.218. R. Definitions, of the Saint Paul Legislative Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 29 30 Section 60.218. R. 31 Recyclingprocessing centen A facility that accepts, stores and processes recyclable materials whether 32 or not maintained in connection with another business. Processing includes, but is not limited to, baling, 33 briquetting, crushing, compacting, grinding, shredding, sawing, shearing, and sorting of recyclabie materials 34 and the heat reduction ar melting of such materials. This definition includes small metal shredders and 35 excludes large metal shredders as defined in secfion (z0 213 M 36 37 38 Section 3 39 That Section 60.623. (3), (I-2 District), of the Saint Paul Legislative Code is hereby amended to read as 9 � -iYa� 40 follows: 41 42 Sec. 60.623. Required conditions. 43 44 (3) 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 The refining of petroleum or gasoline, stock yazds, meat packing plants, large metal shredders. the incineration of infectious wastes and the crushing of rock, asphalt, or concrete for recycling aze prohibited in this dishict. Section 4 That Section 6Q.633. (3), (I-3 District), of the Saint Paul Legislative code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 60.633. Required conditions. (3) The refining of petroleum or gasoline, stock yazds, a� meat packing plants. and laz,�e metal shredders are prohibited in this district. Section 5 60 This ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty days from and after its passage, approval and 61 publication. ar�ti icuce .. �..:�.: � � • � Requested by Department of: Plannin & Ec omic Develo ment By: 7rLlicR� �Ci�L�� Adoption Certified by Council Secretary By � �}- � i.ia_.__ Approved by Mayo` Date ��. �3'11/R} By: _ Form Approved by City Attomey B ��l.fw� !1-it-� Approved �b Mayor £or Submis ion to Council B " "`ih'-"1 � "�l l i v //��X GREEN SHEET TOTAL # OF SIGNATURE PAGES ASSIGN CITYATTaRNEY �( I��{�Q' NIINBEN FOP '� p�� BIIDGETDIAECTOR ORDEq MAYOR (OR ASSISTANT) (CLIP ALL LOCA710NS FOR SIGNATURE) N° 51877 9 7 -/�/b� CfTV CWNCIL CITY CIERK � FIN.B M6T SEBVICES S�A�_ — INRIAVDATE Adopt metal shredder plan and zoning code amendments. a � PLANNING COMMISSION _ ( � CIB CAMMITfEE $TAFF _ _ _DISTRICTCOURT _, SUPPORTS WHICH CAUNCIL OBJECTIVE? PERSONAL SERVICE CONiNACTS MUSTANSWER iHE FOLLOWING �UESTIONS: t. Has this personffirm ever worked unde� a contract fpr this tlepartment? YES NO 2. Has this person�rm ever been a ciry em0�oyee? YES NO 3. Does this person/firm possess a skill not normally possessetl by any current city employee? YE5 NO Expfafn alf yea answers on seperate aheet an0 attach to green shoet Concern about potential effects of large, automobile metal shredders on nearby residential, commercial, and light industrial property. Land uses near heavy industrial areas will be protected from nuisances and environmental concerns of large metal shredders. None Residents and businesses could be subject to adverse environmental ef£ects large metal shredders. TOTAL AMOUN7 OF TRANSAC710N S COST/REVENUE BUDGEiED (CIRCLE ONE) VES NO FUNDIHG SOURCE ACTIVITV NUMBER FWANCIAL WFOqHSATION: (EXPLAIN� DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & ECONOMIC DEVELAPMENT Pamel¢ Wheelock, Director CITY OF SAINT PAUL Norm Coteman, Mayar MEMORANDUM DATE: TO: FROM: SUBJECT: November 12,1997 25 West Fourth Street Saint Paul, MN 55IO2 Mayor Coleman and Members Qf the City Council Pamela Wheelock, Direc � f Metal Shredder Zoning A dment 97 - /�fo�, TeZephone: 612-266-6655 Facsim3le: 612-228-3Y61 In our review of the Planning Commission's recommendation to prohibit large metal shredders in the city, PED felt we should identify another option in addition to those considered by the Planning Commission. The impact of the altemative would be to allow for the potentiai of a metal shredder, but also reduce the likelihood that the long term business interests of North Star Steei would be jeopardized. The following is a summary of the two. PLANNING COMIvIISSION RECOMMENDATION The planning commission has recommended that lazge metal shredders, capable of handling automobiles, be prohibited from locating within the city. After studying the operations and effects of inetal shredders, the planning commission concluded that there aze no industrial areas large enough to provide adequate separarion of non-heavy industrial uses from large metal shredders, while providing sufficient highway access, buffering and visual screening. The proposed amendment makes North Star Steel's e�sting large metal shredder a nonconfoiming use. If destroyed by more than 60% of its replacement cost it could not be rebuilt. Parts may be replaced and machines added to the shredder so long as there is no increase in its capacity. A permit to increase its capacity can be granted by the Plamung Commission. There is no guarantee that in the future a permit would be granted for a capacity increase. ALTERNATIVE PED examined a zoning alternative for the Mayor's and Council's consideration. Large metal shredders would be permitted outdoors as a special condition use in I-2 Districts provided their sites: (a) are at least 2,000 feet from residentially zoned property or property used for a residence, school, chutch, temple, or hospital; (b) have vehicular access from a majar arterial street without 9 � - r�G � use of local or collector streets that also serve neighborhood commercial, residenrial, or institufional areas; and (c) meet other criteria concerning traffic, noise, or water. North Star Steel's shredder would become a conformiug use with a nonconforming structure because it would be closer than 2,000 feet to residentially zoned property. This is a lesser degree of nonconformity than would be the case with the plauviug commission's recommendation. The shredder could be altered, accessory buildings could be added, and its capacity increased. If destroyed by more than 60% of its replacement cost, it could not be rebuilt unless it received a variance. It can not be moved unless it receives a variance. Alter's proposed site is closer than 2,000 feet to residentially 2oned property and would not meet the access condition (b) above. Alter would need a modification of the 2,000 foot distance condition and a modification of the access condition or a new access in order to locate at its site. Part of the Port Authority's barge terminal properry along Childs Road would meet the distance and access requirements of the alternative. (See Map 1). The properiy appears to be capable of having a 50 foot high shucture without piercing the proposed airport runway height lixnits. The properiy is also in the flood fringe of the river. A shredder and accessory buildings would haue to be elevated approxnnately 6 to ? feet in order to be above the 100 year flood. 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I � 7 -/ye� city of saint paui planning commission resolution file number 97-71 �te September 26, 1997 METAL SHREDDER POLICY LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT V,�IEREAS, in August 1996 the City council initiated a plauning and zoning study of recycling processing centers, automobile shredders or similaz technologies, requesting that the planning commission study possible amendments to the comprehensive plan and zoning code concerning them; WHEREAS, the planning commission designated the Metal Shredder Study Committee, made up of inembers of the Neighborhood Planning and Land Use Committee and the Comprehensive Planning/Economic Development Committee, to conduct the study; WHEREAS, the committee met once in 1996 and ten times during March, April, May, June, and September of 1997 to considered the matter, including two meetings for public comment; WT3EREAS, committee and other planning commission members-toured the facilities of Great Western, Alter, and North Staz Steei in Saint Paul and Alter's shredder facility in Davenport, Iowa; WHEREAS, the committee considered the INTERIM REPORT of April 1, 1997, and the ALTERNATIVE PLANNING AND ZONING STRATEGTES REPORT of April 29, 1997, by Dean Johnson of Resource Strategies Corporation, the city's consultant, and testimony and written comments from Alter, Great Western, North Star Steel, Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Noshams!, a Minneapolis City Council member and city staffer, the Riverfront Corporation, and citizens; WHEREAS, the planning commission held a public hearing on proposed land use plan and zonine code amendments on August 22, 1997, notice of which was duly given in the Saint Paul LeQal Ledger on August 8, 1997, and in the Saint Paul Pioneer Press on July 30 and August 6 and 13, 1997; moved by �isser seconded by in favor 10 a��t H Ic'havez, Engh, Field,Gordon, Kong, Uaught) g 7 -�yo� WHEREAS, on September 16, 1997, the committee, after considering all public testimony, recommended adoption of the 1and use p1an amendment to the plamiing commission; WHEREAS, the planning commission considered the public hearing testimony and the committee's recommendation. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the plamiing commission hereby recommends adoption by the City Council of the attached metai shredder policy as an amendment to the City's Land Use P1an, which is an element of the Comprehensive Plan, and directs the Planning Administrator to forwazd the study and resolution to the Mayor and City council for their review and action. 97 - iYa� LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT Po[icy Large metal shredders witt not be permitted in Saint Pau1. 1. The nature of existing indushial areas in St. Paul makes it inappropriate to locate large metal sl�redders in the City. There is no existing or potential industrial site in the city which has conditions sufficient to protect adjacent land uses from the negative impacts of metal shredders. There are no industrial ateas large enough to provide adequate separation of non-heavy industrial uses from lazge metal shredders, while providing sufficient highway access, buffering and visual screening. Lazge metal shredders should be prohibited in the city of St. Paul. St. Paul is a maxure, fully developed urban city. Land use patterns have been well established for several decades. The city's central business district and original industrial development aze historically linked to the Mississippi River conidor. The balance of commercial and industrial concentrations in the city has developed along other transportation.conidors - railroads and major roadways. The primary configuration of industrial land uses in the city is narrow, lineaz corridors. The linear nattue of industrial- development in St. Paul prevents opportunities for appropriate buffering, separating or isolating heavy industrial uses from residential and institutional uses, or even light industrial and commercial uses. Residential land uses directly abut light and heavy industrial areas and in some instances aze colocated with industrial uses. The quality of St. Paul's residential neighborhoods is one of the city's most significant attributes. Locating new heavy industrial uses in the city jeopardizes the quality of life for any neighborhood in proximity to a potential new heavy industrial use. Research has shown that lazge metal shredders are extensive, heavy industrial land uses. Equipment utilized in metal shredding operations together with the storage areas needed for unprocessed and processed materials aze extensive. Large metal shredders generate substantial truck uaffic for material distribution. The process of inetal slu�edding �enerates nuisances and environmental concerns including but not lamited to noise, litter, dust, water pollution, air pollution, tra�c coneestion and visual pollution. Surveys of other cities reveal that large metal shredders may operate w7th fewer negative impacts on non-heavy industrial land uses when adequately buffered w�thin very lazge industrial complexes or isolated in rural areas. The sepazation of 1ar=e metai shredders from other less intensive land uses reduces the unpacts from noise, dust, trafFic congestion and visual intrusions. g7 - iyo% 2. The St. Paul Comprehensive Plan and Mississippi River Comdor Plan were prepared and adopted over fifteen yeazs ago. The documents essentially identify future land uses on the basis of existing land use patterns. Over the past fifteen yeazs, attitudes about extensive industrial land uses, particulazly within the Mississippi River corridor, have been changing. The Comprehensive Plan notes the scarcity of vacant land for development in the city and established policies for more labor intensive rather than land extensive heavy industrial uses. The 1990 Economic Development Strategy recommends a reevaluation of land uses and development opportunities which focus on light industrial and labor intensive uses. The Mississippi River Corridor Plan identifies numerous policies for the protection and enhancement of the river corridor as a siate resource. In 1988 Congress established the Mississippi National River Recreation Area (MNRRA), which reiterates and expands the state's critical area designation for the river as an extraordinary national resource, wananting new protection mechanisms and higher development standazds. 1995 state legislation requires the City of Saint Paul to update its comprehensive plan. The Cit.y has received a grant through the U.S. Department of the Interior to update the River Corridor Plan and evaluate new zoning regulations within the river corridor. Itis inappropriate and premature to consider new or expanded extensive heavy industrial land uses within the Mississippi River conidar priar to completing the updates to the Comprehensive Plan and Mississippi River Conidor Plan. Lazge metal shredders should be prohibited from developing or expanding in the river conidor at this time. Large metal shredders should be prohibited in the City of St. Paul because there is no need to locate such facilities in central cities and there are other azeas, more appropriate than urban centers, in which to locate such facilities. Scrap metal is generated from a very large region, often encompassine more than one state. The economic feasibility of operating a lazge metal shredder does not appear contingent upon any sin�le location within a particular region from which scrap metal resources are drawn. There also does not appeaz to be any essential locational criteria which would require a lazge metal shredder to be located in a major urban center as opposed to a less urban or rural location. 8/26l97 g� -iyo� city of saint paul pianning commission resolutio� file number 97-� �te September 26, 1997 __ METAL SHREDDER 40-ACRE ZONING STIIDY WHEREAS, the City council is authorized undet Minnesota Stahztes Section 462.357(4) and Section 64.400 of the Saint Paul Legisiative Code to initiate a 40-acre study for purposes of amending the Zoning Code; WHEREAS, the Ciry council initiated a 40-acre study in August 1996 for the purpose o£ considering amendments to the Zoning Code pertaining to recycling processing centers, automobile shredders or similar technologies, .requesting that the planning commission study possible amendments to the zoning code concerning them; WHEREAS, the planning commission designated the Metal Shredder Study Committee, made up of inembers of the Neighborhood Planning and Land Use ,Committee and the.Comprehensive Planning/Ecanomic Development Committee, to conduct the study; WI IEREAS, the committee met once in 1996 and ten times during March, April, May, June, and September of 1997 to considered the matter, including two meerings for public comment; WHEREAS, committee and other planning commission members toured the facilities of Great Western, Alter, and North Staz Steel in Saint Paul and Alter's shredder facility in Davenport, Iowa: WHEREAS, the committee considered the INTERIM REPORT of April 1, 1997, and the ALTERI�ATNE PLAI�iNING AND ZONING STRATEGIES REPORT of April 29, 1997, by Dean Johnson of Resource Strategies Corporation, the city's consultant, and testimony and �critGen comments from Alter, Great ��estem, North Star Steel, Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Noshams!, a Minneapolis Ciry Council member and city staffer, the Riverfront Corporation, and citizens; mQ��( j �l I Geisser 7 seconded by in favor 10 a�((�� 6(�havc�z, Engh, Field, Gordon, Kong, Vaught) ��-i�o� WHEREAS, the planning commission held a public hearing on proposed comprehensive plan and zoning code amendments on August 22, 1997, notice of which was duly given in the Saint Paui Legal Ledger on August 8, 1997, and in the Saint Paul Pioneer Press on July 30 and August 6 and 13, 1997; WHEREAS, on September 16, 1997, the Metal Shredder Study Committee after considering all public testimony revised the definitions of the proposed zoning amendments and recommended the amendments adopfion to the platming commission; WHEREAS, the planning commission considered the public hearing testimony, their committee's recommendation and reviewed the study's consistency with the metal shredder policy 1and use p1an amendment; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has determined: That the number of real estate descriptions affected by the amendments renders the obtaining of written consent impractical; 2. That a survey of an area in excess of 40 acres has been made; The proposed amendments aze related to the overall needs of the community, to existing land-use, and to plans for future land use as laid out inlhe metal shredder policy land use plan amendment. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Planning Commission recommends approval of the zoning code amendment attached hereto and directs the Planning Administrator to forward the study and this resolution to the Mayor and City Council for their review and action. � � / ZONIPVG CODE AMENDMENTS DEFINZTIONS Amend existing recycling processing center definition to include small metal shredders and exclude lazge metai shredding and add new small and lazge metal shredder definitions. Section 60.213.M. Metal shredder. large. A facilitv that accepts. stores, and shreds lazge used rec clable metai products includin� motor vehicles a�pliances sheet iron industrial clips whether or not maintained in connection with another business. Shreddins is the reduction in size of the metal nroducts by means of a rotor ec�uipped with hammers includinQ in and out convevors scrubbers separation and dust collection equipment and other connected machines Metal shredder small. A facilit� that accepts stores and shreds small used rec, c� lable metal products includin¢ cans and other small metal products �excluding motor vehicles�, whether or not maintained in connection with another business Shreddine is the reducrion in size of the metal products by means of a rotor equipped with hamtners and may include in and out convevors scrubbers separation and dust collection equipment and other connected machines Section 60.218. R. Recycling processing center. A facility that accepts, stores and processes recyclable materials whether or not maintained in connection-with another:business. Processing includes, - but is not limited to, baling, briquetting crushing, compacfing, grindang, shredding, sawing, sheazing, and sorting of recyclable materials and the heat reduction or melting of such materials. This d�finition inciudes small metal shredders and excludes large metal shredders as defined in section 60.213. M. I-2 INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT Prohibit large metal shredders from Saint Paul. Sec. 60.623. Required conditions. (3) The refining of petroleum or gasoline, stock yazds, meat packing plants, laree metal shre ders. the incineration of infectious wastes and the crushing of rock, asphalt, or concrete for recyclin� are prohibited in this district. I-3 INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS Prohibit large metal shredders in I-3 districts. Sec. 60.633. Required conditions. (3) The refining of petroleum or gasoline, stock yazds, an� meat packing plants and lazae metal shredders aze prohibited in this district. �'�- t y o.� _� _ .. � � � � �. � � � �. _ - � o � �. � -� � --� -� � -� -� -�. � a �_ ... ��:.,i. . � , :. . _ : . � . � � < � � � ' ' -' � - � � � �� i r f � . , � F . _'Y � � J � � � ( � j �� .4 �c -> �- - � _ , � � �� i i 3 5 . �} � � � • ' ..% • � i ^��' i � > J . . , = a..� V i . 1 . . y � \.` � � � � 9 � �S' � . _ � . �J s.� _.� 1 °f ' . , , � ) � � .� �� _ �� ' , i . , � � �s 5 � ? �� • ' � � v , .- " s ' . , i � � � � i � ��t. � , :�r.�C!.� � . - -. .` ^-a �`,. � .J J J ,'�� _ , -� J ',. t/ � � ✓ d b i./ � �✓ -.� # 7 ... }� Council File # 97 -/yo� Ordinance # `een sheet # 3/�� ORDINANCE OF S NT PAUL, I� Presented By Referred To � Committee: Date Am ordinance amending Chapter 60 of the Saint Paul Legislafive Code pertaining to zoning. The Council of the City of Saint Paul does ordain: Section 1 10 That Section 60.213. M., Definitions, of the Saint Paul Legislative Code is hereby amended by adding new 11 definitions as follows: 12 13 Section 60.213.M. 14 Metal shredder. Zarge. A facilitv that accepts, stares. and shreds laree used recvclable metal products, 15 includine motor vehicles. appliances. sheet iron. industrial cli�s, whether or not maintained in connection 16 with another business. Shreddin� is the reduction in size of the metal �roducts bX means of a rotor equip�ed 17 Hith hammers, including in and out conv�ors. scrubbers. se�aration and dust collection e,c.�ioment_ and other 18 connected machines. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Metal shredder small. A facilitv that accepts. stores, and shreds small used recyclable metal �roducts including cans and other small metal �roducts (excludine motor vehicle� whether or not maintained in connection with another business. Shredding is the reduction in size of the metal �roducts by means of a rotor e��ed with hainmers and may include in and out conveyors scrubbers sepazation and dust collection e�uinment. and other connected machines. Section 2 27 28 That Section 60.218. R. Definitions, of the Saint Paul Legislative Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 29 30 Section 60.218. R. 31 Recyclingprocessing centen A facility that accepts, stores and processes recyclable materials whether 32 or not maintained in connection with another business. Processing includes, but is not limited to, baling, 33 briquetting, crushing, compacting, grinding, shredding, sawing, shearing, and sorting of recyclabie materials 34 and the heat reduction ar melting of such materials. This definition includes small metal shredders and 35 excludes large metal shredders as defined in secfion (z0 213 M 36 37 38 Section 3 39 That Section 60.623. (3), (I-2 District), of the Saint Paul Legislative Code is hereby amended to read as 9 � -iYa� 40 follows: 41 42 Sec. 60.623. Required conditions. 43 44 (3) 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 The refining of petroleum or gasoline, stock yazds, meat packing plants, large metal shredders. the incineration of infectious wastes and the crushing of rock, asphalt, or concrete for recycling aze prohibited in this dishict. Section 4 That Section 6Q.633. (3), (I-3 District), of the Saint Paul Legislative code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 60.633. Required conditions. (3) The refining of petroleum or gasoline, stock yazds, a� meat packing plants. and laz,�e metal shredders are prohibited in this district. Section 5 60 This ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty days from and after its passage, approval and 61 publication. ar�ti icuce .. �..:�.: � � • � Requested by Department of: Plannin & Ec omic Develo ment By: 7rLlicR� �Ci�L�� Adoption Certified by Council Secretary By � �}- � i.ia_.__ Approved by Mayo` Date ��. �3'11/R} By: _ Form Approved by City Attomey B ��l.fw� !1-it-� Approved �b Mayor £or Submis ion to Council B " "`ih'-"1 � "�l l i v //��X GREEN SHEET TOTAL # OF SIGNATURE PAGES ASSIGN CITYATTaRNEY �( I��{�Q' NIINBEN FOP '� p�� BIIDGETDIAECTOR ORDEq MAYOR (OR ASSISTANT) (CLIP ALL LOCA710NS FOR SIGNATURE) N° 51877 9 7 -/�/b� CfTV CWNCIL CITY CIERK � FIN.B M6T SEBVICES S�A�_ — INRIAVDATE Adopt metal shredder plan and zoning code amendments. a � PLANNING COMMISSION _ ( � CIB CAMMITfEE $TAFF _ _ _DISTRICTCOURT _, SUPPORTS WHICH CAUNCIL OBJECTIVE? PERSONAL SERVICE CONiNACTS MUSTANSWER iHE FOLLOWING �UESTIONS: t. Has this personffirm ever worked unde� a contract fpr this tlepartment? YES NO 2. Has this person�rm ever been a ciry em0�oyee? YES NO 3. Does this person/firm possess a skill not normally possessetl by any current city employee? YE5 NO Expfafn alf yea answers on seperate aheet an0 attach to green shoet Concern about potential effects of large, automobile metal shredders on nearby residential, commercial, and light industrial property. Land uses near heavy industrial areas will be protected from nuisances and environmental concerns of large metal shredders. None Residents and businesses could be subject to adverse environmental ef£ects large metal shredders. TOTAL AMOUN7 OF TRANSAC710N S COST/REVENUE BUDGEiED (CIRCLE ONE) VES NO FUNDIHG SOURCE ACTIVITV NUMBER FWANCIAL WFOqHSATION: (EXPLAIN� DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & ECONOMIC DEVELAPMENT Pamel¢ Wheelock, Director CITY OF SAINT PAUL Norm Coteman, Mayar MEMORANDUM DATE: TO: FROM: SUBJECT: November 12,1997 25 West Fourth Street Saint Paul, MN 55IO2 Mayor Coleman and Members Qf the City Council Pamela Wheelock, Direc � f Metal Shredder Zoning A dment 97 - /�fo�, TeZephone: 612-266-6655 Facsim3le: 612-228-3Y61 In our review of the Planning Commission's recommendation to prohibit large metal shredders in the city, PED felt we should identify another option in addition to those considered by the Planning Commission. The impact of the altemative would be to allow for the potentiai of a metal shredder, but also reduce the likelihood that the long term business interests of North Star Steei would be jeopardized. The following is a summary of the two. PLANNING COMIvIISSION RECOMMENDATION The planning commission has recommended that lazge metal shredders, capable of handling automobiles, be prohibited from locating within the city. After studying the operations and effects of inetal shredders, the planning commission concluded that there aze no industrial areas large enough to provide adequate separarion of non-heavy industrial uses from large metal shredders, while providing sufficient highway access, buffering and visual screening. The proposed amendment makes North Star Steel's e�sting large metal shredder a nonconfoiming use. If destroyed by more than 60% of its replacement cost it could not be rebuilt. Parts may be replaced and machines added to the shredder so long as there is no increase in its capacity. A permit to increase its capacity can be granted by the Plamung Commission. There is no guarantee that in the future a permit would be granted for a capacity increase. ALTERNATIVE PED examined a zoning alternative for the Mayor's and Council's consideration. Large metal shredders would be permitted outdoors as a special condition use in I-2 Districts provided their sites: (a) are at least 2,000 feet from residentially zoned property or property used for a residence, school, chutch, temple, or hospital; (b) have vehicular access from a majar arterial street without 9 � - r�G � use of local or collector streets that also serve neighborhood commercial, residenrial, or institufional areas; and (c) meet other criteria concerning traffic, noise, or water. North Star Steel's shredder would become a conformiug use with a nonconforming structure because it would be closer than 2,000 feet to residentially zoned property. This is a lesser degree of nonconformity than would be the case with the plauviug commission's recommendation. The shredder could be altered, accessory buildings could be added, and its capacity increased. If destroyed by more than 60% of its replacement cost, it could not be rebuilt unless it received a variance. It can not be moved unless it receives a variance. Alter's proposed site is closer than 2,000 feet to residentially 2oned property and would not meet the access condition (b) above. Alter would need a modification of the 2,000 foot distance condition and a modification of the access condition or a new access in order to locate at its site. Part of the Port Authority's barge terminal properry along Childs Road would meet the distance and access requirements of the alternative. (See Map 1). The properiy appears to be capable of having a 50 foot high shucture without piercing the proposed airport runway height lixnits. The properiy is also in the flood fringe of the river. A shredder and accessory buildings would haue to be elevated approxnnately 6 to ? feet in order to be above the 100 year flood. 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I � 7 -/ye� city of saint paui planning commission resolution file number 97-71 �te September 26, 1997 METAL SHREDDER POLICY LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT V,�IEREAS, in August 1996 the City council initiated a plauning and zoning study of recycling processing centers, automobile shredders or similaz technologies, requesting that the planning commission study possible amendments to the comprehensive plan and zoning code concerning them; WHEREAS, the planning commission designated the Metal Shredder Study Committee, made up of inembers of the Neighborhood Planning and Land Use Committee and the Comprehensive Planning/Economic Development Committee, to conduct the study; WHEREAS, the committee met once in 1996 and ten times during March, April, May, June, and September of 1997 to considered the matter, including two meetings for public comment; WT3EREAS, committee and other planning commission members-toured the facilities of Great Western, Alter, and North Staz Steei in Saint Paul and Alter's shredder facility in Davenport, Iowa; WHEREAS, the committee considered the INTERIM REPORT of April 1, 1997, and the ALTERNATIVE PLANNING AND ZONING STRATEGTES REPORT of April 29, 1997, by Dean Johnson of Resource Strategies Corporation, the city's consultant, and testimony and written comments from Alter, Great Western, North Star Steel, Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Noshams!, a Minneapolis City Council member and city staffer, the Riverfront Corporation, and citizens; WHEREAS, the planning commission held a public hearing on proposed land use plan and zonine code amendments on August 22, 1997, notice of which was duly given in the Saint Paul LeQal Ledger on August 8, 1997, and in the Saint Paul Pioneer Press on July 30 and August 6 and 13, 1997; moved by �isser seconded by in favor 10 a��t H Ic'havez, Engh, Field,Gordon, Kong, Uaught) g 7 -�yo� WHEREAS, on September 16, 1997, the committee, after considering all public testimony, recommended adoption of the 1and use p1an amendment to the plamiing commission; WHEREAS, the planning commission considered the public hearing testimony and the committee's recommendation. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the plamiing commission hereby recommends adoption by the City Council of the attached metai shredder policy as an amendment to the City's Land Use P1an, which is an element of the Comprehensive Plan, and directs the Planning Administrator to forwazd the study and resolution to the Mayor and City council for their review and action. 97 - iYa� LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT Po[icy Large metal shredders witt not be permitted in Saint Pau1. 1. The nature of existing indushial areas in St. Paul makes it inappropriate to locate large metal sl�redders in the City. There is no existing or potential industrial site in the city which has conditions sufficient to protect adjacent land uses from the negative impacts of metal shredders. There are no industrial ateas large enough to provide adequate separation of non-heavy industrial uses from lazge metal shredders, while providing sufficient highway access, buffering and visual screening. Lazge metal shredders should be prohibited in the city of St. Paul. St. Paul is a maxure, fully developed urban city. Land use patterns have been well established for several decades. The city's central business district and original industrial development aze historically linked to the Mississippi River conidor. The balance of commercial and industrial concentrations in the city has developed along other transportation.conidors - railroads and major roadways. The primary configuration of industrial land uses in the city is narrow, lineaz corridors. The linear nattue of industrial- development in St. Paul prevents opportunities for appropriate buffering, separating or isolating heavy industrial uses from residential and institutional uses, or even light industrial and commercial uses. Residential land uses directly abut light and heavy industrial areas and in some instances aze colocated with industrial uses. The quality of St. Paul's residential neighborhoods is one of the city's most significant attributes. Locating new heavy industrial uses in the city jeopardizes the quality of life for any neighborhood in proximity to a potential new heavy industrial use. Research has shown that lazge metal shredders are extensive, heavy industrial land uses. Equipment utilized in metal shredding operations together with the storage areas needed for unprocessed and processed materials aze extensive. Large metal shredders generate substantial truck uaffic for material distribution. The process of inetal slu�edding �enerates nuisances and environmental concerns including but not lamited to noise, litter, dust, water pollution, air pollution, tra�c coneestion and visual pollution. Surveys of other cities reveal that large metal shredders may operate w7th fewer negative impacts on non-heavy industrial land uses when adequately buffered w�thin very lazge industrial complexes or isolated in rural areas. The sepazation of 1ar=e metai shredders from other less intensive land uses reduces the unpacts from noise, dust, trafFic congestion and visual intrusions. g7 - iyo% 2. The St. Paul Comprehensive Plan and Mississippi River Comdor Plan were prepared and adopted over fifteen yeazs ago. The documents essentially identify future land uses on the basis of existing land use patterns. Over the past fifteen yeazs, attitudes about extensive industrial land uses, particulazly within the Mississippi River corridor, have been changing. The Comprehensive Plan notes the scarcity of vacant land for development in the city and established policies for more labor intensive rather than land extensive heavy industrial uses. The 1990 Economic Development Strategy recommends a reevaluation of land uses and development opportunities which focus on light industrial and labor intensive uses. The Mississippi River Corridor Plan identifies numerous policies for the protection and enhancement of the river corridor as a siate resource. In 1988 Congress established the Mississippi National River Recreation Area (MNRRA), which reiterates and expands the state's critical area designation for the river as an extraordinary national resource, wananting new protection mechanisms and higher development standazds. 1995 state legislation requires the City of Saint Paul to update its comprehensive plan. The Cit.y has received a grant through the U.S. Department of the Interior to update the River Corridor Plan and evaluate new zoning regulations within the river corridor. Itis inappropriate and premature to consider new or expanded extensive heavy industrial land uses within the Mississippi River conidar priar to completing the updates to the Comprehensive Plan and Mississippi River Conidor Plan. Lazge metal shredders should be prohibited from developing or expanding in the river conidor at this time. Large metal shredders should be prohibited in the City of St. Paul because there is no need to locate such facilities in central cities and there are other azeas, more appropriate than urban centers, in which to locate such facilities. Scrap metal is generated from a very large region, often encompassine more than one state. The economic feasibility of operating a lazge metal shredder does not appear contingent upon any sin�le location within a particular region from which scrap metal resources are drawn. There also does not appeaz to be any essential locational criteria which would require a lazge metal shredder to be located in a major urban center as opposed to a less urban or rural location. 8/26l97 g� -iyo� city of saint paul pianning commission resolutio� file number 97-� �te September 26, 1997 __ METAL SHREDDER 40-ACRE ZONING STIIDY WHEREAS, the City council is authorized undet Minnesota Stahztes Section 462.357(4) and Section 64.400 of the Saint Paul Legisiative Code to initiate a 40-acre study for purposes of amending the Zoning Code; WHEREAS, the Ciry council initiated a 40-acre study in August 1996 for the purpose o£ considering amendments to the Zoning Code pertaining to recycling processing centers, automobile shredders or similar technologies, .requesting that the planning commission study possible amendments to the zoning code concerning them; WHEREAS, the planning commission designated the Metal Shredder Study Committee, made up of inembers of the Neighborhood Planning and Land Use ,Committee and the.Comprehensive Planning/Ecanomic Development Committee, to conduct the study; WI IEREAS, the committee met once in 1996 and ten times during March, April, May, June, and September of 1997 to considered the matter, including two meerings for public comment; WHEREAS, committee and other planning commission members toured the facilities of Great Western, Alter, and North Staz Steel in Saint Paul and Alter's shredder facility in Davenport, Iowa: WHEREAS, the committee considered the INTERIM REPORT of April 1, 1997, and the ALTERI�ATNE PLAI�iNING AND ZONING STRATEGIES REPORT of April 29, 1997, by Dean Johnson of Resource Strategies Corporation, the city's consultant, and testimony and �critGen comments from Alter, Great ��estem, North Star Steel, Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Noshams!, a Minneapolis Ciry Council member and city staffer, the Riverfront Corporation, and citizens; mQ��( j �l I Geisser 7 seconded by in favor 10 a�((�� 6(�havc�z, Engh, Field, Gordon, Kong, Vaught) ��-i�o� WHEREAS, the planning commission held a public hearing on proposed comprehensive plan and zoning code amendments on August 22, 1997, notice of which was duly given in the Saint Paui Legal Ledger on August 8, 1997, and in the Saint Paul Pioneer Press on July 30 and August 6 and 13, 1997; WHEREAS, on September 16, 1997, the Metal Shredder Study Committee after considering all public testimony revised the definitions of the proposed zoning amendments and recommended the amendments adopfion to the platming commission; WHEREAS, the planning commission considered the public hearing testimony, their committee's recommendation and reviewed the study's consistency with the metal shredder policy 1and use p1an amendment; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has determined: That the number of real estate descriptions affected by the amendments renders the obtaining of written consent impractical; 2. That a survey of an area in excess of 40 acres has been made; The proposed amendments aze related to the overall needs of the community, to existing land-use, and to plans for future land use as laid out inlhe metal shredder policy land use plan amendment. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Planning Commission recommends approval of the zoning code amendment attached hereto and directs the Planning Administrator to forward the study and this resolution to the Mayor and City Council for their review and action. � � / ZONIPVG CODE AMENDMENTS DEFINZTIONS Amend existing recycling processing center definition to include small metal shredders and exclude lazge metai shredding and add new small and lazge metal shredder definitions. Section 60.213.M. Metal shredder. large. A facilitv that accepts. stores, and shreds lazge used rec clable metai products includin� motor vehicles a�pliances sheet iron industrial clips whether or not maintained in connection with another business. Shreddins is the reduction in size of the metal nroducts by means of a rotor ec�uipped with hammers includinQ in and out convevors scrubbers separation and dust collection equipment and other connected machines Metal shredder small. A facilit� that accepts stores and shreds small used rec, c� lable metal products includin¢ cans and other small metal products �excluding motor vehicles�, whether or not maintained in connection with another business Shreddine is the reducrion in size of the metal products by means of a rotor equipped with hamtners and may include in and out convevors scrubbers separation and dust collection equipment and other connected machines Section 60.218. R. Recycling processing center. A facility that accepts, stores and processes recyclable materials whether or not maintained in connection-with another:business. Processing includes, - but is not limited to, baling, briquetting crushing, compacfing, grindang, shredding, sawing, sheazing, and sorting of recyclable materials and the heat reduction or melting of such materials. This d�finition inciudes small metal shredders and excludes large metal shredders as defined in section 60.213. M. I-2 INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT Prohibit large metal shredders from Saint Paul. Sec. 60.623. Required conditions. (3) The refining of petroleum or gasoline, stock yazds, meat packing plants, laree metal shre ders. the incineration of infectious wastes and the crushing of rock, asphalt, or concrete for recyclin� are prohibited in this district. I-3 INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS Prohibit large metal shredders in I-3 districts. Sec. 60.633. Required conditions. (3) The refining of petroleum or gasoline, stock yazds, an� meat packing plants and lazae metal shredders aze prohibited in this district. �'�- t y o.� _� _ .. � � � � �. � � � �. _ - � o � �. � -� � --� -� � -� -� -�. � a �_ ... ��:.,i. . � , :. . _ : . � . � � < � � � ' ' -' � - � � � �� i r f � . , � F . _'Y � � J � � � ( � j �� .4 �c -> �- - � _ , � � �� i i 3 5 . �} � � � • ' ..% • � i ^��' i � > J . . , = a..� V i . 1 . . y � \.` � � � � 9 � �S' � . _ � . �J s.� _.� 1 °f ' . , , � ) � � .� �� _ �� ' , i . , � � �s 5 � ? �� • ' � � v , .- " s ' . , i � � � � i � ��t. � , :�r.�C!.� � . - -. .` ^-a �`,. � .J J J ,'�� _ , -� J ',. t/ � � ✓ d b i./ � �✓ -.� # 7 ... }� Council File # 97 -/yo� Ordinance # `een sheet # 3/�� ORDINANCE OF S NT PAUL, I� Presented By Referred To � Committee: Date Am ordinance amending Chapter 60 of the Saint Paul Legislafive Code pertaining to zoning. The Council of the City of Saint Paul does ordain: Section 1 10 That Section 60.213. M., Definitions, of the Saint Paul Legislative Code is hereby amended by adding new 11 definitions as follows: 12 13 Section 60.213.M. 14 Metal shredder. Zarge. A facilitv that accepts, stares. and shreds laree used recvclable metal products, 15 includine motor vehicles. appliances. sheet iron. industrial cli�s, whether or not maintained in connection 16 with another business. Shreddin� is the reduction in size of the metal �roducts bX means of a rotor equip�ed 17 Hith hammers, including in and out conv�ors. scrubbers. se�aration and dust collection e,c.�ioment_ and other 18 connected machines. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Metal shredder small. A facilitv that accepts. stores, and shreds small used recyclable metal �roducts including cans and other small metal �roducts (excludine motor vehicle� whether or not maintained in connection with another business. Shredding is the reduction in size of the metal �roducts by means of a rotor e��ed with hainmers and may include in and out conveyors scrubbers sepazation and dust collection e�uinment. and other connected machines. Section 2 27 28 That Section 60.218. R. Definitions, of the Saint Paul Legislative Code is hereby amended to read as follows: 29 30 Section 60.218. R. 31 Recyclingprocessing centen A facility that accepts, stores and processes recyclable materials whether 32 or not maintained in connection with another business. Processing includes, but is not limited to, baling, 33 briquetting, crushing, compacting, grinding, shredding, sawing, shearing, and sorting of recyclabie materials 34 and the heat reduction ar melting of such materials. This definition includes small metal shredders and 35 excludes large metal shredders as defined in secfion (z0 213 M 36 37 38 Section 3 39 That Section 60.623. (3), (I-2 District), of the Saint Paul Legislative Code is hereby amended to read as 9 � -iYa� 40 follows: 41 42 Sec. 60.623. Required conditions. 43 44 (3) 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 The refining of petroleum or gasoline, stock yazds, meat packing plants, large metal shredders. the incineration of infectious wastes and the crushing of rock, asphalt, or concrete for recycling aze prohibited in this dishict. Section 4 That Section 6Q.633. (3), (I-3 District), of the Saint Paul Legislative code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 60.633. Required conditions. (3) The refining of petroleum or gasoline, stock yazds, a� meat packing plants. and laz,�e metal shredders are prohibited in this district. Section 5 60 This ordinance shall take effect and be in force thirty days from and after its passage, approval and 61 publication. ar�ti icuce .. �..:�.: � � • � Requested by Department of: Plannin & Ec omic Develo ment By: 7rLlicR� �Ci�L�� Adoption Certified by Council Secretary By � �}- � i.ia_.__ Approved by Mayo` Date ��. �3'11/R} By: _ Form Approved by City Attomey B ��l.fw� !1-it-� Approved �b Mayor £or Submis ion to Council B " "`ih'-"1 � "�l l i v //��X GREEN SHEET TOTAL # OF SIGNATURE PAGES ASSIGN CITYATTaRNEY �( I��{�Q' NIINBEN FOP '� p�� BIIDGETDIAECTOR ORDEq MAYOR (OR ASSISTANT) (CLIP ALL LOCA710NS FOR SIGNATURE) N° 51877 9 7 -/�/b� CfTV CWNCIL CITY CIERK � FIN.B M6T SEBVICES S�A�_ — INRIAVDATE Adopt metal shredder plan and zoning code amendments. a � PLANNING COMMISSION _ ( � CIB CAMMITfEE $TAFF _ _ _DISTRICTCOURT _, SUPPORTS WHICH CAUNCIL OBJECTIVE? PERSONAL SERVICE CONiNACTS MUSTANSWER iHE FOLLOWING �UESTIONS: t. Has this personffirm ever worked unde� a contract fpr this tlepartment? YES NO 2. Has this person�rm ever been a ciry em0�oyee? YES NO 3. Does this person/firm possess a skill not normally possessetl by any current city employee? YE5 NO Expfafn alf yea answers on seperate aheet an0 attach to green shoet Concern about potential effects of large, automobile metal shredders on nearby residential, commercial, and light industrial property. Land uses near heavy industrial areas will be protected from nuisances and environmental concerns of large metal shredders. None Residents and businesses could be subject to adverse environmental ef£ects large metal shredders. TOTAL AMOUN7 OF TRANSAC710N S COST/REVENUE BUDGEiED (CIRCLE ONE) VES NO FUNDIHG SOURCE ACTIVITV NUMBER FWANCIAL WFOqHSATION: (EXPLAIN� DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & ECONOMIC DEVELAPMENT Pamel¢ Wheelock, Director CITY OF SAINT PAUL Norm Coteman, Mayar MEMORANDUM DATE: TO: FROM: SUBJECT: November 12,1997 25 West Fourth Street Saint Paul, MN 55IO2 Mayor Coleman and Members Qf the City Council Pamela Wheelock, Direc � f Metal Shredder Zoning A dment 97 - /�fo�, TeZephone: 612-266-6655 Facsim3le: 612-228-3Y61 In our review of the Planning Commission's recommendation to prohibit large metal shredders in the city, PED felt we should identify another option in addition to those considered by the Planning Commission. The impact of the altemative would be to allow for the potentiai of a metal shredder, but also reduce the likelihood that the long term business interests of North Star Steei would be jeopardized. The following is a summary of the two. PLANNING COMIvIISSION RECOMMENDATION The planning commission has recommended that lazge metal shredders, capable of handling automobiles, be prohibited from locating within the city. After studying the operations and effects of inetal shredders, the planning commission concluded that there aze no industrial areas large enough to provide adequate separarion of non-heavy industrial uses from large metal shredders, while providing sufficient highway access, buffering and visual screening. The proposed amendment makes North Star Steel's e�sting large metal shredder a nonconfoiming use. If destroyed by more than 60% of its replacement cost it could not be rebuilt. Parts may be replaced and machines added to the shredder so long as there is no increase in its capacity. A permit to increase its capacity can be granted by the Plamung Commission. There is no guarantee that in the future a permit would be granted for a capacity increase. ALTERNATIVE PED examined a zoning alternative for the Mayor's and Council's consideration. Large metal shredders would be permitted outdoors as a special condition use in I-2 Districts provided their sites: (a) are at least 2,000 feet from residentially zoned property or property used for a residence, school, chutch, temple, or hospital; (b) have vehicular access from a majar arterial street without 9 � - r�G � use of local or collector streets that also serve neighborhood commercial, residenrial, or institufional areas; and (c) meet other criteria concerning traffic, noise, or water. North Star Steel's shredder would become a conformiug use with a nonconforming structure because it would be closer than 2,000 feet to residentially zoned property. This is a lesser degree of nonconformity than would be the case with the plauviug commission's recommendation. The shredder could be altered, accessory buildings could be added, and its capacity increased. If destroyed by more than 60% of its replacement cost, it could not be rebuilt unless it received a variance. It can not be moved unless it receives a variance. Alter's proposed site is closer than 2,000 feet to residentially 2oned property and would not meet the access condition (b) above. Alter would need a modification of the 2,000 foot distance condition and a modification of the access condition or a new access in order to locate at its site. Part of the Port Authority's barge terminal properry along Childs Road would meet the distance and access requirements of the alternative. (See Map 1). The properiy appears to be capable of having a 50 foot high shucture without piercing the proposed airport runway height lixnits. The properiy is also in the flood fringe of the river. A shredder and accessory buildings would haue to be elevated approxnnately 6 to ? feet in order to be above the 100 year flood. 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I � 7 -/ye� city of saint paui planning commission resolution file number 97-71 �te September 26, 1997 METAL SHREDDER POLICY LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT V,�IEREAS, in August 1996 the City council initiated a plauning and zoning study of recycling processing centers, automobile shredders or similaz technologies, requesting that the planning commission study possible amendments to the comprehensive plan and zoning code concerning them; WHEREAS, the planning commission designated the Metal Shredder Study Committee, made up of inembers of the Neighborhood Planning and Land Use Committee and the Comprehensive Planning/Economic Development Committee, to conduct the study; WHEREAS, the committee met once in 1996 and ten times during March, April, May, June, and September of 1997 to considered the matter, including two meetings for public comment; WT3EREAS, committee and other planning commission members-toured the facilities of Great Western, Alter, and North Staz Steei in Saint Paul and Alter's shredder facility in Davenport, Iowa; WHEREAS, the committee considered the INTERIM REPORT of April 1, 1997, and the ALTERNATIVE PLANNING AND ZONING STRATEGTES REPORT of April 29, 1997, by Dean Johnson of Resource Strategies Corporation, the city's consultant, and testimony and written comments from Alter, Great Western, North Star Steel, Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Noshams!, a Minneapolis City Council member and city staffer, the Riverfront Corporation, and citizens; WHEREAS, the planning commission held a public hearing on proposed land use plan and zonine code amendments on August 22, 1997, notice of which was duly given in the Saint Paul LeQal Ledger on August 8, 1997, and in the Saint Paul Pioneer Press on July 30 and August 6 and 13, 1997; moved by �isser seconded by in favor 10 a��t H Ic'havez, Engh, Field,Gordon, Kong, Uaught) g 7 -�yo� WHEREAS, on September 16, 1997, the committee, after considering all public testimony, recommended adoption of the 1and use p1an amendment to the plamiing commission; WHEREAS, the planning commission considered the public hearing testimony and the committee's recommendation. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the plamiing commission hereby recommends adoption by the City Council of the attached metai shredder policy as an amendment to the City's Land Use P1an, which is an element of the Comprehensive Plan, and directs the Planning Administrator to forwazd the study and resolution to the Mayor and City council for their review and action. 97 - iYa� LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT Po[icy Large metal shredders witt not be permitted in Saint Pau1. 1. The nature of existing indushial areas in St. Paul makes it inappropriate to locate large metal sl�redders in the City. There is no existing or potential industrial site in the city which has conditions sufficient to protect adjacent land uses from the negative impacts of metal shredders. There are no industrial ateas large enough to provide adequate separation of non-heavy industrial uses from lazge metal shredders, while providing sufficient highway access, buffering and visual screening. Lazge metal shredders should be prohibited in the city of St. Paul. St. Paul is a maxure, fully developed urban city. Land use patterns have been well established for several decades. The city's central business district and original industrial development aze historically linked to the Mississippi River conidor. The balance of commercial and industrial concentrations in the city has developed along other transportation.conidors - railroads and major roadways. The primary configuration of industrial land uses in the city is narrow, lineaz corridors. The linear nattue of industrial- development in St. Paul prevents opportunities for appropriate buffering, separating or isolating heavy industrial uses from residential and institutional uses, or even light industrial and commercial uses. Residential land uses directly abut light and heavy industrial areas and in some instances aze colocated with industrial uses. The quality of St. Paul's residential neighborhoods is one of the city's most significant attributes. Locating new heavy industrial uses in the city jeopardizes the quality of life for any neighborhood in proximity to a potential new heavy industrial use. Research has shown that lazge metal shredders are extensive, heavy industrial land uses. Equipment utilized in metal shredding operations together with the storage areas needed for unprocessed and processed materials aze extensive. Large metal shredders generate substantial truck uaffic for material distribution. The process of inetal slu�edding �enerates nuisances and environmental concerns including but not lamited to noise, litter, dust, water pollution, air pollution, tra�c coneestion and visual pollution. Surveys of other cities reveal that large metal shredders may operate w7th fewer negative impacts on non-heavy industrial land uses when adequately buffered w�thin very lazge industrial complexes or isolated in rural areas. The sepazation of 1ar=e metai shredders from other less intensive land uses reduces the unpacts from noise, dust, trafFic congestion and visual intrusions. g7 - iyo% 2. The St. Paul Comprehensive Plan and Mississippi River Comdor Plan were prepared and adopted over fifteen yeazs ago. The documents essentially identify future land uses on the basis of existing land use patterns. Over the past fifteen yeazs, attitudes about extensive industrial land uses, particulazly within the Mississippi River corridor, have been changing. The Comprehensive Plan notes the scarcity of vacant land for development in the city and established policies for more labor intensive rather than land extensive heavy industrial uses. The 1990 Economic Development Strategy recommends a reevaluation of land uses and development opportunities which focus on light industrial and labor intensive uses. The Mississippi River Corridor Plan identifies numerous policies for the protection and enhancement of the river corridor as a siate resource. In 1988 Congress established the Mississippi National River Recreation Area (MNRRA), which reiterates and expands the state's critical area designation for the river as an extraordinary national resource, wananting new protection mechanisms and higher development standazds. 1995 state legislation requires the City of Saint Paul to update its comprehensive plan. The Cit.y has received a grant through the U.S. Department of the Interior to update the River Corridor Plan and evaluate new zoning regulations within the river corridor. Itis inappropriate and premature to consider new or expanded extensive heavy industrial land uses within the Mississippi River conidar priar to completing the updates to the Comprehensive Plan and Mississippi River Conidor Plan. Lazge metal shredders should be prohibited from developing or expanding in the river conidor at this time. Large metal shredders should be prohibited in the City of St. Paul because there is no need to locate such facilities in central cities and there are other azeas, more appropriate than urban centers, in which to locate such facilities. Scrap metal is generated from a very large region, often encompassine more than one state. The economic feasibility of operating a lazge metal shredder does not appear contingent upon any sin�le location within a particular region from which scrap metal resources are drawn. There also does not appeaz to be any essential locational criteria which would require a lazge metal shredder to be located in a major urban center as opposed to a less urban or rural location. 8/26l97 g� -iyo� city of saint paul pianning commission resolutio� file number 97-� �te September 26, 1997 __ METAL SHREDDER 40-ACRE ZONING STIIDY WHEREAS, the City council is authorized undet Minnesota Stahztes Section 462.357(4) and Section 64.400 of the Saint Paul Legisiative Code to initiate a 40-acre study for purposes of amending the Zoning Code; WHEREAS, the Ciry council initiated a 40-acre study in August 1996 for the purpose o£ considering amendments to the Zoning Code pertaining to recycling processing centers, automobile shredders or similar technologies, .requesting that the planning commission study possible amendments to the zoning code concerning them; WHEREAS, the planning commission designated the Metal Shredder Study Committee, made up of inembers of the Neighborhood Planning and Land Use ,Committee and the.Comprehensive Planning/Ecanomic Development Committee, to conduct the study; WI IEREAS, the committee met once in 1996 and ten times during March, April, May, June, and September of 1997 to considered the matter, including two meerings for public comment; WHEREAS, committee and other planning commission members toured the facilities of Great Western, Alter, and North Staz Steel in Saint Paul and Alter's shredder facility in Davenport, Iowa: WHEREAS, the committee considered the INTERIM REPORT of April 1, 1997, and the ALTERI�ATNE PLAI�iNING AND ZONING STRATEGIES REPORT of April 29, 1997, by Dean Johnson of Resource Strategies Corporation, the city's consultant, and testimony and �critGen comments from Alter, Great ��estem, North Star Steel, Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Noshams!, a Minneapolis Ciry Council member and city staffer, the Riverfront Corporation, and citizens; mQ��( j �l I Geisser 7 seconded by in favor 10 a�((�� 6(�havc�z, Engh, Field, Gordon, Kong, Vaught) ��-i�o� WHEREAS, the planning commission held a public hearing on proposed comprehensive plan and zoning code amendments on August 22, 1997, notice of which was duly given in the Saint Paui Legal Ledger on August 8, 1997, and in the Saint Paul Pioneer Press on July 30 and August 6 and 13, 1997; WHEREAS, on September 16, 1997, the Metal Shredder Study Committee after considering all public testimony revised the definitions of the proposed zoning amendments and recommended the amendments adopfion to the platming commission; WHEREAS, the planning commission considered the public hearing testimony, their committee's recommendation and reviewed the study's consistency with the metal shredder policy 1and use p1an amendment; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has determined: That the number of real estate descriptions affected by the amendments renders the obtaining of written consent impractical; 2. That a survey of an area in excess of 40 acres has been made; The proposed amendments aze related to the overall needs of the community, to existing land-use, and to plans for future land use as laid out inlhe metal shredder policy land use plan amendment. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Planning Commission recommends approval of the zoning code amendment attached hereto and directs the Planning Administrator to forward the study and this resolution to the Mayor and City Council for their review and action. � � / ZONIPVG CODE AMENDMENTS DEFINZTIONS Amend existing recycling processing center definition to include small metal shredders and exclude lazge metai shredding and add new small and lazge metal shredder definitions. Section 60.213.M. Metal shredder. large. A facilitv that accepts. stores, and shreds lazge used rec clable metai products includin� motor vehicles a�pliances sheet iron industrial clips whether or not maintained in connection with another business. Shreddins is the reduction in size of the metal nroducts by means of a rotor ec�uipped with hammers includinQ in and out convevors scrubbers separation and dust collection equipment and other connected machines Metal shredder small. A facilit� that accepts stores and shreds small used rec, c� lable metal products includin¢ cans and other small metal products �excluding motor vehicles�, whether or not maintained in connection with another business Shreddine is the reducrion in size of the metal products by means of a rotor equipped with hamtners and may include in and out convevors scrubbers separation and dust collection equipment and other connected machines Section 60.218. R. Recycling processing center. A facility that accepts, stores and processes recyclable materials whether or not maintained in connection-with another:business. Processing includes, - but is not limited to, baling, briquetting crushing, compacfing, grindang, shredding, sawing, sheazing, and sorting of recyclable materials and the heat reduction or melting of such materials. This d�finition inciudes small metal shredders and excludes large metal shredders as defined in section 60.213. M. I-2 INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT Prohibit large metal shredders from Saint Paul. Sec. 60.623. Required conditions. (3) The refining of petroleum or gasoline, stock yazds, meat packing plants, laree metal shre ders. the incineration of infectious wastes and the crushing of rock, asphalt, or concrete for recyclin� are prohibited in this district. I-3 INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS Prohibit large metal shredders in I-3 districts. Sec. 60.633. Required conditions. 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