Ordinance 2212-97 - Laserfiche WebLink

4.2 Projects Without Master Plans Subject to EMC 19.27.030 (See footnote 7) Associated Sand and Gravel Associated Sand and Gravel operates a mining operation and processing facilities in an area west of Glenwood Avenue and south of Merrill Creek Parkway. Associated currently operates under the following approvals: • An Agreement between the City and Associated Sand and Gravel dated December 1990 (covers the westernmost 92 acres); • Special Property Use Permits #3-89 (covers the southeast portion of the site), and #6-84 (covers a 9.7 acre expansion in mined area) • City of Everett SEPA reviews: DNS #47-80 (covers Upper Ridge Road vacation and realignment), DNS #61-84 (covers an unsuitable material dump site), and DNS #1-85 (extended mining activity by 9.7 acres). • Surface Mining Permits and associated SEPA MDNS requirements from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) (Permit Numbers 70-010161, 10244 and 10161). Reclamation of mined areas is required per the City and State permits. The Associated Sand and Gravel site is zoned M-1, Office and Industrial Park. Section 27 of the Zoning Code allows the mining and existing heavy manufacturing activities related to the mining to continue, and new manufacturing activities associated with mining activity are permitted on a portion of the site. However, areas reclaimed from aggregates mining are limited to other permitted M-1 uses. Associated Sand and Gravel anticipates that mining activity on their site will be completed within five years. However, processing activities may continue on the site indefinitely, if materials mined at other sites7 are trucked to the Everett site for processing. 4.3 Projects With Completed SEPA Reviews Merrill Creek Associates/Merrill Creek Centre Merrill Creek Associates operated a sand and gravel surface mine on property located west and east of Hardeson Road between Merrill Creek Parkway and 75th Street since the 1950s. Mining was permitted by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) under Surface Mining Permit No. 10244. In 1981 and 1984, the City approved construction of screening and processing plants on the site to be utilized to help complete the grading and slope work for reclamation of the site. (SEPA#24-84). Mining of the property is substantially complete west of Hardeson Road. While the properties are currently being marketed for industrial uses, additional mining could still occur under the DNR permits, both east and west of Hardeson Road. However, mining-related manufacturing such as concrete batch plants cannot occur in the area east of Hardeson Road. Merrill Creek Centre: In 1990 the City approved a binding site plan creating 4 lots on the portion of the Merrill Creek Associates property located west of Hardeson Road. The approval included 7 Associated Sand and Gravel has an application in review with Snohomish County for a surface mining operation to extract sand, gravel and bedrock on a site near Granite Falls. 18