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,. ~ <. .of .Ii RESOLUTION NO. 85-140 CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON RESOLUTION DENYING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR WASTE ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC. WHEREAS, Waste Energy Systems, Inc. (applicant) has request- ed a special use permit (SUP) to construct and operate a mass burn waste to energy plant at the northeast intersection of 1st Avenue N.E. and 14th Street (the property); and WHEREAS, the plant will be used to incinerate unprocessed solid waste; and WHEREAS, all of the solid waste which will be incinerated at the plant will be generated in Hennepin or Anoka County; and WHEREAS, the property is zoned 1-1, Light Industry; and WHEREAS, a mass burn waste to energy plant is not among the uses permitted as of right in the I-I zone by section 6-030 of the New Brighton Zoning Code; and WHEREAS, the City of New Brighton (the City) may grant an SUP for such a use within the I-I district only if the use meets the standards specified in section 8-130 of the New Brighton Zoning Code, which standards are as follows: (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 diminish and impair property values within the neighborhood; (c) That the establishment of the special use will not impede the normal and orderly development and improve- ment 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; and (e) That the special use shall, in all other respects, conform to the applicable regulations of the district in which it is located; and