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" .s,p - 1 31 & L P - 1 91 November 15, 1985 pag-e 2 Section 8-130 No special use shall be recommended by the Planning Commission unless such shall find: a. That the establishment, maintenance or operations of the special use will not be detrimental to or endanger the public health, safety, morals, comfort or general welfare. b. That the special use will not be injurious to the use and enjoyment of other property in the immediate vicinity for the purposes already permitted, nor substantially dimish and impair property values within the neighborhood. c. That the establishment of the special use will not impede the normal and orderly development and improvement of the surrounding property for uses permitted in the district. d. That adequate utilities, access roads, drainage and/or necessary facilities have been or are being provided. e. That the special use shall in all other respects, conform-to the applicable regulations of the district in which it is located. The Metropolitan Council has completed an Environmental Assessment Worksheet on this project and has issued a negative declaration on the need for an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The Metropolitan Council feels the project can meet the standards of the Minnesota Pol- lution Control Agency. PROJECT DESCRIPTION The applicants are proposing to build a structure of approximately 31,000 sq. ft. to house equipment that would burn solid waste/garbage and produce steam. Garbage trucks would bring the waste from Hennepin and Anoka Counties where they would dump the waste inside the building. The garbage would be then pushed into a mass burn unit that would pro- duce steam. All unloading would be done completely within the building. Because of the various solid waste allocation rules New Brighton garbage could not be burned at this plant, though that may be subject to change. The proposed mass burn project would have the capacity to burn 200 tons of waste per day. The plant would operate 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. It is estimated there would be 50 truck trips per day. SITE AND LANDSCAPE PLAN Site and landscape plans are enclosed. The plans are complete and contain the required information. Berming and an extensive amount of landscaping are proposed. All zoning code requirements are-met by the application, with the lone exception that all required parking spaces are not shown. The applicants have shown where additional spaces could ~e provided if the need arises. Their argument is that the plant would