Commission approves small-scale biodiesel conversion facility in light-manufacturing zone
A conditional-use request to convert an existing building into a biodiesel conversion facility on Jody Lane was approved 5-0; staff said the process produces a nonhazardous, biodegradable product and posed no expected environmental hazards at the proposed scale.
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Planning administrator Austin Reed told the commission the proposal involves converting vegetable and cooking oils into biodiesel at an existing light-manufacturing site; staff recommended approval with a building-permit condition and noted no public opposition from 32 mailed notices. The applicant, Nelson Mensch, described small-scale operations and energy-generation projects and said the finished product is nontoxic and biodegradable.
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