PC
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Mike
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09
Fitzsimmons and
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Feedlot
Sons
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CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT THREE MANURE STORAGE
STRUCTURES AT AN EXISTING FEEDLOT FACILITY NO INCREASE IN
ANIMAL UNITS IS PROPOSED
THE FEEDLOT SITE IS LOCATED IN THE NE
14 OF THE NW 14 OF SECTION 1 LYRA TOWNSHIP
Applicant
Mike Fitzsimmons and Sons
l64th
56437
Street
Good Thunder MN 56037
Request
To construct three
inches deep
at
an
manure
existing
storage
structures each
measuring
72 feet in diameter and 44
feedlot
LAND USE INFORMATION
Location
Part ofthe NE 14 of the NW 14 of Section 1
Lyra Township
Zoning
The feedlot is located in the
Agricultural Zoning District
The feedlot meets the
minimum standards for all setbacks
Land Use Plan
The Conditional Use is consistent with the goals and
Earth County Land Use Plan for the Agricultural
policies established
Zoning District
Existing Land
Use
in the Blue
Mile
North
1 64th Street
Northwest
One residence owned
South
Cropland
East
Cropland
West
Cropland
one
a
and
one
Township
one
by
Road and
one
of the
residence with
a
cropland
applicants
at
approximately
1300 feet
feedlot at 1 800 feet
residence with
residence with
a
a feedlot owned by one ofthe
applicants
feedlot at 1 900 feet and two other residences at
2 100 and 2 650 feet
Description
of Existing
Facility
and
Proposed Expansion
The
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existing facility consists offive total confinement swine barns that house a total of
000 nursery pigs The proposal is to construct three steel
ring structures measuring
72 feet in diameter and 44 inches tall
liner
Design plans
Each structure will be lined with
have been submitted to and
structures will be used to
approved by
temporarily store liquid swine manure that
a
composite
the MPCA The
is removed from
will go through a compo sting process and stored
for later use The product may be used as a starter fertilizer or be
applied to actively
growing crops during the months of July and August
deep pitted
swine barns
The
manure
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PC
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Mike
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Fitzsimmons
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and
Sons
Feedlot
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Access Road
existing driveway provides access to and
change is proposed to this access
An
The applicants have
MANURE MANAGEMENT
Township
from
a
history
Road
164th
Street No
of working with
a
certified
manure
ownership is transferred
crop consultant on manure management 100 percent ofthe
Manure transfer records have been and will continue to be provided to the recipient s ofthe
manure and maintained for review by the county feedlot officer
Manure
Storage Capacity of the Proposed Structures
Storage Capacity
Approx 112 000 gallons
Manure
each
NATURAL RESOURCES INFORMATION
Predominate Soil
Waldorf Series
Nearly level poorly drained
soils with
a
depth to the
high
seasonal
water table of 1 to 3
feet
Rivers Streams Lakes
There are
no
or
Ditches
rivers streams lakes ditches
or
wetlands within 1 000 feet ofthe
proposed
barn
Flood Plain
The
proposed facility
is not located in
a
flood
plain
Tile Inlets
Open tile
intakes
are
located within 1 000 feet ofthe feedlot site
Depth to Bedrock
Depth to the bedrock is approximately
Blue Earth County
150 feet
according
to the
Geologic
Atlas for
Well
existing well serves the
proposed structures
An
site and will be located
a
minimum of 100 feet from the
Potential for Run Off
The Minnesota Pollution Control
Agency requires
a cover
newly constructed liquid
to the pit manually As a
for
The manure will be added
is
minimal
In the event of an emergency the applicants do
result the risk of runoff
have manure handling equipment that can be used to transfer manure to other storage
swine manure storage structures
structures i
Lyra Township
no
problem with
e
deep pitted
Review
In
swine barns located
an e
on
site
mail dated March 26 2009 the
the request
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Township
Board indicated
pc 09
Mike
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09
Fitzsimmons
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and
Feedlot
Sons
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Blue Earth
Environmental Health Review
General
there
County
As long as
are no
impacts
to the
septic system
and to the well setbacks this
to the property
appears to have no environmental health impacts
installed in 2002
mound
a
current
drainfield
Septic System There is
septic system
project
servicing
the house
Water Wells There is at least
storage
one
water well
servicing
the
property
structures must be at least 100 feet form the closest point
Wetlands Within the
property boundaries
there
are no
The location ofthe
of any well
apparent wetlands
OPINIONS
by the applicant as required in Sec 24 466 Subpart a
Ordinance the following opinions
Findings Required ofthe Blue Earth County Land Use
have been developed for this request
Based
on
the information submitted
proposed
conforms to the county land
1
That the
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The demonstrated need for the
3
That the
proposed use
will not degrade the water
4
That the
proposed use
will not
5
That soil conditions
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That the
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That
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That facilities
proposed
use
quality ofthe county
adversely increase the quantity of water runoff
adequate
accommodate the
to
does not create
a
proposed
use
potential pollution hazard
provided to eliminate
the proposed use
use
will not be
the immediate
vicinity
any traffic congestion
injurious to the use
for the purposes
That the establishment of the conditional
use
in the
and
or
traffic hazard which
enjoyment
of other
already permitted
will not impede the normal and
development and improvement of surrounding
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plan
proposed use
are
That the conditional
property in
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are
use
facilities have been
adequate utilities access roads drainage and other necessary
taken to provide
or are
being provided That adequate measure has been or will be
the
sufficient off street parking and loading space to serve
proposed use
may result from
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use
vacant
property
for
orderly
predominant uses
area
will be taken to prevent or control offensive
odors fumes dust noise and vibration so that none ofthese will constitute a
nuisance and to control lighted signs and other lights in such a manner that no
disturbance to neighboring properties will result
That
adequate
measures
have been
or
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Mike
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Fitzsimmons
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Sons
and
Feedlot
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends
ground
manure
for Conditional Use Permit PC 09 09 to construct three above
feedlot contingent upon the following
structures at an
approval
storage
existing
conditions
1
That the
manure
storage
09 09 and with the
2
structures conform to the site
plans submitted
That the feedlot be located
on a
3
shall be a parcel of record
contiguous acres The parcel
Earth County Land Records Office
That the
properly
of a minimum
recorded in the
County Construction Permit and an MPCA
Permit before construction begins and within one year from
obtains a Blue Earth
applicant
Construction Short Form
the date the
PC
to the MPCA
single legally described parcel consisting
often
Blue
plan attached to this report
County
Board of Commissioners approves the Conditional Use Permit
plan meeting the MPCA s requirements for the transfer of
and
manure shall be maintained This
plan must be reviewed by the operator each year
manure
amount
of
production
updated each year and adjusted for any changes in the
available nutrient
manure nutrient test results or other practices which affect the
amounts or crop nutrient needs on fields receiving manure as required by the MPCA
Records of manure transfer shall be maintained as required by the MPCA Manure
shall be
application setback standards for the fields on which the manure is applied
followed as required by the MPCA and the County
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That all
manure
management
manure
storage
structures must be designed
by a registered engineer according
must
to MPCA requirements A copy ofthe designed plans and soil investigation report
issuance
of
a
Services
to
the
be submitted to Blue Earth County Environmental
prior
construction
6
That the
permit
will furnish
applicant
a
final construction report to Environmental Services
that the concrete manure storage structure was constructed per approved
new or modified manure
engineered design plan within 60 days of completion of any
verifying
storage
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area
That the
Said construction
proposed
supply well
septic tank
a
report
shall be
structures shall be located a minimum of 100 feet from any water
minimum of20 from the
septic
ATTACHMENTS
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