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Planning commission recommends conditional use permit for aggregate transload yard at Union Pacific site
Summary
The Denison Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of a conditional use permit for an aggregate sales/transloading yard on Union Pacific Railroad property, with conditions addressing access, dust and noise control, and utility infrastructure. The recommendation will go to City Council on June 16 for final action.
The Denison Planning Commission recommended approval on June 10 of a conditional use permit to allow an aggregate sales (transloading) yard on roughly a 41–42 acre tract within Union Pacific Railroad property north of Ray Drive and east of U.S. 75.
Staffer Miss York said the applicant intends to repurpose a former locomotive maintenance area to handle aggregate arriving by rail that will be unloaded, stockpiled and reloaded onto trucks for sale and distribution. "Hours of operation will be consistent with those currently being utilized by UPR, which is 24 hours a day, seven days a week," Miss York said, adding that truck loading typically occurs between 4 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday but that some projects may require overnight operations.
The request drew questions…
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