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Lakeville council approves Dakota Waste composting PUD after odor-control discussion
Summary
The council approved a PUD and rezoning for a 37-acre Dakota Waste in-vessel composting facility at 215th and Caparia, with applicants and staff saying the MPCA permitting process and PUD performance standards will guide odor controls and operational limits.
The Lakeville City Council on Dec. 15 approved a preliminary plat, rezoning from I-1 (light industrial) to Planned Unit Development (PUD) and a PUD ordinance for a proposed Dakota Waste source-separated organics processing facility, after the developer described in-vessel composting, negative-pressure buildings and filtration intended to control odor.
Mike Brandt, representing Dakota Waste Solutions and the Dunham family, said the 37-acre site at the southeast corner of 215th and Caparia would include two wood-processing hoop buildings, an in-vessel composting building, a processing building, covered storage areas and truck scales. Brandt described a largely…
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