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. . . SITE HISTORY A:'I"D PAST LEGISLATIVE ACTION (CONT.) Belair Builders acquired the property and subsequently requested several land use approvals from the City. The follov.ing is a summary of the City's past action for this site. . July 23, 1991 the City Council considered a site plan review (LP-259), special use permit (SP-164) and a front yard setback variance (VN-285) to construct an office/storage facility and associated outdoor storage yard on a portion of the site. The company proposed to build an 11,000 square foot office/shop to house their headquarters, along with outdoor storage of black dirt, bituminous, concrete and gravel. The City Council tabled action on the applications, pending resolution of questions concerning subdivision of the parcel and impacts on environmental clean-up. . October 8, 1991 the City Council approved the site plan (LP-259), special use permit (SP-164) and a subdivision (PL-191) of the parcel, subject to several conditions. The subdivision of the parcel eliminated the need for a variance. The special use permit allowed the outdoor storage of stockpiled materials. The company indicated that it would pursue a separate remediation plan for the balance of the site that contained the landfill. The approvals included several conditions, which appear to have been met. . October 24, 1995 the City Council approved a special use permit (SP-188), which authorized the excavation of 88,000 yards of soil from an adjoining site. It appears that this activity was not directly tied to Belair's operations, but it did allow the mining of sand for a separate project. The approval was subject to several conditions. . November 28, 1995 the City Council approved a special use permit (SP-189) to cap the l4-acre landfill. Belair was unable to initiate the capping work or the excavation under SP-188 and made a subsequent request on August 13, 1996 to extend the City's approvals for one additional year. The City Council approved the extensions and it appears that the company complied with the conditions of both special use permits. STAFF ANALYSIS Comprehensive Plan Amendment The applicants have also requested a Comprehensive Plan Amendment as the property is currently guided in the New Brighton Comprehensive Plan for Light Industrial and the proposed use is considered Heavy Industrial. These land use designations can be found in Figure 5-2 of the New Brighton Comprehensive Plan. The Comprehensive Plan indicates that many of the industrial uses along the Old Highway 8 corridor are interim-type uses due to the level of contamination that exists on many of these properties. As noted within the applicants' submittal materials the property in question contains contamination and thus "there is no economical means" of developing the site in accordance with I-I zoning requirements. The intention of the Plan and the Light Industrial land use designation is to provide a direction or long-term plan for all property in the City. The intention of the Comprehensive Plan is not whether the use can at any given time period be economically developed into the desired use.