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Planning staff described the proposed repository as a site behind the ridge along Browns Canyon Road intended to contain only clean excavation materials from Promontory projects. Staff and the applicant emphasized the site is not intended to accept construction waste such as asphalt, rebar, concrete or other demolition debris. The applicant’s representatives said the site would be used to store and re-use soils generated by grading and foundation excavations from Promontory builds and that they already operate a repository elsewhere that is nearing capacity.

Applicant representative Matthew Idema (director of land development for Promontory) and another Promontory representative answered commission questions about hours of operation, weed control, screening and remediation. The applicant said contractors are normally expected to operate between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, with rare special requests for Saturdays and no regular Sunday operations. The applicant said they will file required weed-control documentation with county staff, that the site will be staked and signed to mark limits, and that a $170,000 bond was placed with county engineering to secure stabilization and remediation obligations.

Commissioners and staff discussed details intended to minimize visual and nuisance impacts. Exhibits shown to the commission included a cut/fill summary and a color-coded view plan that limited stockpile heights so material would be screened from Browns Canyon viewpoints; the applicant said berms and natural tree stands would be used to screen the site and that a maximum stockpile height of about 12 feet was planned in locations visible from the road. Commissioners asked for assurances that concrete/asphalt would not be placed in the repository; the applicant confirmed those materials are prohibited.

Planning staff had included a draft condition stating that if off‑site visibility from county or state roads were encountered, the applicant must cease operations until an acceptable mitigation solution was found. Commissioners debated whether that condition was necessary or unduly onerous. One commissioner said the condition would be an appropriate ‘‘raising the bar’’ best practice; others said it risked enabling repeated complaints based solely on visibility of a dirt pile and could create enforcement issues. The commission voted to strike that visibility condition from the list of conditions of approval and then approved the CUP with the remaining conditions.

Commissioners and applicant representatives said Promontory intends to remediate prior repository sites once the company shifts operations to the new site. The applicant described prior remediation using Promontory’s seed mix and leveling to restore older repository sites; the company said this new site will be remediated and potentially repurposed after use.

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The nursery is proposed on parcel “JBH-5” in the Marion area. Planning staff described the use as a nursery enterprise that may conduct retail or wholesale sales of plants grown on- or off-site and related accessory equipment. The applicant said the operation is intended primarily as a family growing operation and not a retail nursery where the public would come to purchase plants. The application includes a small 30-by-15-foot high-tunnel (about 450 square feet) with no power or gas proposed, and the applicant described plans for two to three Connex containers for equipment storage. Staff noted no exterior lighting or signage is proposed at this time.

A nearby property owner called county staff before the meeting and said they had observed equipment and vehicles on the Weiberg parcel that appeared consistent with a contractor’s yard. Staff recorded that public comment and the applicant told staff that contractor-yard activities and heavy equipment had been removed from the site and relocated to a Browns Canyon yard earlier in the year. At the meeting, applicant John Weiberg repeated that heavy equipment and dump trucks had been moved off the subject parcel and that only a mini excavator and skid loader were used periodically on weekends. Commissioner questions confirmed there is a primary residence and an accessory dwelling unit on the same parcel; staff clarified the CUP would apply only to the portion of the property shown in the site plan.

Neighbor Zach Morley, attending the meeting by Zoom, asked the commission to clarify the timeline for the shift from contractor-yard activity to the nursery use and expressed concern the CUP might be sought retroactively to legitimize earlier operations. Weiberg responded that the contractor-yard operations were moved to Browns Canyon when ordinance changes limited contractor yards in platted subdivisions and that the fenced area on the parcel had been cleared and vegetated for nursery use.

Planning staff recommended approval based on the findings and conditions in the staff report and said they would correct a typographical error in Finding of Fact No. 1 that mistakenly referenced a contractor’s yard instead of a nursery. After commissioners’ questions and public comment, the commission voted to approve the Weiberg Nursery application with the conditions in the staff report.

The commission closed the item and moved to the next agenda item.

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