Asphalt Plant Rezoning Public Consultation Plan Set
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Prince George, B.C. – The stage is set for public consultation on asphalt and concrete plant zoning.
The City currently has two designations that would allow concrete or asphalt plants. One is M5- Heavy Industrial, the other, M-7 which is specifically for concrete and asphalt plants.
The proposal by staff calls for specific zoning that would include a description of an asphalt plant being one that is fuelled by natural gas, NOT waste oil, which is the current situation.
There are 25 sites in Prince George which are zoned M7 and there are three asphalt plants and one concrete plant on such sites. Staff are asking that the remaining 21 sites be rezoned and that limits be placed on the number of plants per site (currently no such limit).
The Rezoning calls for set backs of at least 300 metres from residences, businesses, and 500 metres from schools, or a care home.
The entire process is expected to take 4-6 months.
The public consultation will be "broad" says Development Services Dan Milburn and will include all the interest groups which have expresed air quality concerns.
Councillor Don Zurowski says the report does a great deal to look at where the asphalt or concrete plants could be located, "But is silent on the matter of regulation." Zurowski was pleased to hear the Planning Department will be in discussions with Dr. Peter Jackson who delivered the Mayor's Task Force On Air Quality report.
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Posted by: lostfaith on March 4 2008 11:32 AM
"..the remaining 21 sites be rezoned.."
It will take 6 months to become "official", but I bet none of these sites would be permitted to get away with starting up a plant now that this has started.
It is possible that the property owners felt the current zoning had a certain value. Well that value is not there anymore. Anyone that thinks their property has some particular value is just a snap of the fingers away from a real shock.
Clearly wrecking or de-valuing someone elses property is going to make some people happy. The more pleasure that is derived from anothers loss, the greater the likelihood it will come back to haunt them. That's a historical fact. Granted, sometimes it takes a while, maybe years, like from 1933 to 1945.