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ARTICLE 9. Q Rock, S.and, and Gravel Extraction District
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<br />See. 9.100. Purposes.
<br />In additksn to the objectives prescribed in Sec. 1.101, (Objectives),
<br />the Q Rock, sand, and gravel extraction district is included in the
<br />zoning ordinance to achieve the following purposes:
<br /> a. "To protect the natural resources in the City and assure that
<br /> their utilization is not prejudiced by the intrusion of incom-
<br /> patible uses."
<br /> b. To indicate clearly to all interested parties the portions of the
<br /> City that have bee~ designated for rock, sand, and gravel ex~
<br /> traction and processing subject to compliance with the stand-
<br /> ards of this ordinance.
<br /> c. To protect properties and uses not in the Q district from nuis-
<br /> ances incidental to extraction, processing, and hauling rock,
<br /> aand, and gravel.
<br /> d. To ensure that general re-use plans for sites used for rock,
<br /> sand, and gravel extraction and processing are maintained and
<br /> effectuated.
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<br />Sec. 9.101. Required Conditions.
<br />All uses shall comply with the regulations prescribed in Article 2,
<br />(Site, Yard, Bulk, Usable Open Space, and Screening and Landseap-
<br />lng Regulations), and with the following additional regulations of
<br />the I-G district: Sec. 9.103.1. (Air Contaminants); Sec. 9.103.2.
<br />(Noise); Sec. 9.103.3. (Emissions); Sec. 8.103.4. (Odor); Sec. 8.103.5.
<br />(~rxbratio~); Sec. 8.103.6. (Heat and Cold, Glare, Electrical Disturbq
<br />anco); Sec. 8.103.7. (Radiation); Sec. 8.103.9. (Insect Nuisance);
<br />Sec. 8.103.9. (Disposal of Industrial Waste).
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<br />Soc. 9.102. Permitted Uses.
<br />The following uses shall be permitted:
<br /> a. Any use permitted in the A agricultural district except dwell-
<br /> ings.
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<br />See. 9.103. Conditional Uses.
<br />The tollowing conditional uses shall be permitted upon the grant-
<br />lng .of a use permit, in accord with the provisions of Article 24,
<br />(Conditional Uses):
<br /> a. Mining, quarrying, excavaling, extracting, harvesting, sorting,
<br /> crushing, reducing, washing, refining, or other processing of
<br /> rock, sand, gravel, stone, earth, or other mineral, subject to
<br /> the conditions prescribed in Sec. 9.104.
<br /> b. Watchmen's living quarters when incidental to and on the same
<br /> site as a conditional use.
<br /> c. Airports and heliports.
<br /> d. Agricultural processing plants.
<br /> e. Asphalt and asphalt products manufacture.
<br /> f. Automobile and motorcycle racing stadiums and drag strips.
<br /> g. Cement and concrete products manufacture, including concrete
<br /> mixing and botching.
<br /> h. Commercial and private recreation facilities.
<br /> i. Drive-in theaters.
<br /> j. dwellings accessory to an agricultural use.
<br /> k. Garbage and refuse incineration.
<br /> 1. Gas and oil wells, exportation, production, and related facilities.
<br /> m. Golf courses and golf driving ranges.
<br /> n. Public utility and public service pumping stations, power sta-
<br /> tions, equipment buildings and installatons, drainage ways and
<br /> structures, reservoirs, percolation basins, water well fields,
<br /> water storage tanks, and transmission lines found by the Plan-
<br /> ning Commission to be necessary for the public health, safety,
<br /> or welfare.
<br /> o. Riding academies and stables.
<br /> p. Rifle and pistol ranges.
<br /> q. Sanitary fill operations.
<br /> r. Accessory structures and uses located on fhe same site as a
<br /> conditional use.
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<br />Soc. 9.104. Special Conditions Applying to Rock, Sand, Gravel Ex
<br /> traction and Processing.
<br />In addition to the data required by Article 24, (Conditional Uses),
<br />the applicant for a use permit for rock, sand, or gravel extraction or
<br />processing shall submit the data required by this section. Before
<br />granting a use permit the City Planning Commission shall make the
<br />findings required by Sec. 24.165, (Findings), and shall approve the
<br />plans required by this section.
<br /> 9.104.1. Plan and Operating l~ata Required.
<br /> An application for a use permit shall be accompanied by a gen-
<br /> oral plan including all property owned by the applicant in a
<br /> contiguous Q district showing:
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<br /> a. Location and extent of all extraction areas, together with typi
<br /> cai cross-sections and proposed sequence and phases of opers
<br /> tion in each area.
<br /> b. Location of fences and buffers, grading and planting plan fo:
<br /> all buffer strips, and proposed sequence and ~lates for installa
<br /> tion of landscaping.
<br /> c. General location a~nd configuration of storage areas for topsoil
<br /> other overburden, silt, extracted material, and waste.
<br /> d. Location and design of all processing facilities, including oul
<br /> line specifications for equipment to be used sufficiently de
<br /> tailed to indicate compliance with the required conditions.
<br /> e. Description of all harvesting procedures including outline des
<br /> cription of equipment to be used sufficiently detailed to indicat~
<br /> compliance with the required conditions.
<br /> f. Location, width, and surfacing of all roads and parking an,
<br /> loading areas that will be maintained for three months o
<br /> longer.
<br /> g. Proposed hours of operation.
<br /> h. Proposed haul routes within the City.
<br /> i. Additional data necessary tu evaluate the proposal.
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<br />9.104.2. General Plan For Re-use Required.
<br />An application for a use permit shall be accompanied by a plan ir
<br />cluding all property owned by the applicant in a contiguous Q di~,
<br />trict showing the proposed use cf each portion of the property fo'
<br />lowing termination of extractive activities, together with typica
<br />cross-sections and proposed sequence of develepment. The re-us
<br />general plan shall include at least as much detail as the Genera
<br />Plan of the City of Pleasanton concerning proposed land uses,
<br />culation, and public facilities, and shall indicate the method an,
<br />extent of refilling any pit or quarry, and proposals for the remora
<br />of stockpiles, waste, buildings, accessory structures, and equipmen~
<br />and redistribution of topsoil.
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<br />9.104.3. Term of Use Permit; Review Required.
<br />"Use permits shall be issued for a specific term and shall be subje¢
<br />to the requiremenSs of Section 24.111 (Suspension and Revocationl
<br />The permittee shall submit a written report no less tha,n every fly
<br />years from the date of the permit approval to the City Plannin
<br />Commission. Any additional report may be made by the permltte~
<br />Failure to submit such report after notification by the Zoning Au
<br />ministrator, given three months prior te expiration, shall cause aut~
<br />matic suspension of use permit as prescribed in Section 24.111. Th
<br />report shall be accompaned by all of the plans and data for an initi~
<br />application required at the date of the report. All information sha
<br />be up-to-date and shall describe and illustrate the permit holder
<br />current proposals and time schedules for use and re-use of the sit~
<br />(A use permit subject to written report as prescribed in the sectio
<br />may not be revoked except as prescribed in Section 24.111.) Cm
<br />ditions may be deleted or added by mutual agreement between Cit
<br />and permittee to achieve the purposes prsecribed in Section 9.10~
<br />pursuant to Article 24, of this Ordinance.
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<br />9.104.4. Pre-Existing Uses: Terms of Review.
<br />Use permits for pre-existing uses including uses in. annexed territor
<br />regulated by this article shall expire on the date specified by the
<br />mit. Pre-existing uses shall be reviewed by the City Planning Con
<br />mission at the time of annexation or within five years of the effe
<br />rive date of this ordinance. At the time of review of a permit for
<br />pre-existing use, the Planning Commission may modify the tern
<br />of the permit, deleting conditions or making the conditions mm
<br />restrictive and increasing the burden of the permit holder to achie~
<br />the purposes of Sec. 9.100, (Purposes), in accord with the folluwin
<br />procedure:
<br /> a. The permit holder shall be notified of the proposed restriction
<br /> b. A public hearing shall be held in accord with Sec. 1.109, (Pul
<br /> lic Hearing Time and Notice).
<br /> c. The Planning Commission shall find that restrictions to be ir
<br /> posed are necessary to protect the public health, safety, ar
<br /> welfare.
<br /> d. A reasonable time period shall be allowed prior to the effectix
<br /> date of new restrictions necessitating amortization of existir
<br /> investment.
<br /> e. A reasonable termination date shall be set for uses for whi¢
<br /> no expiration date was specified in the pre-existing use permi
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<br /> 9.164.5. Minimum Standards.
<br /> The $ollowing standards shall be considered minimum standard
<br /> Where appropriate the City Planning Commission may prescril
<br /> higher standards and may regulate additional aspects of rock, san
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