The purposes of this section are:
(A) To provide for the economical availability and removal of sand, gravel, rock and soil vital to the growth of the city and the region;
(B) To establish regulations, safeguards and controls in the city regarding noise, dust, traffic, drainage, groundwater quality and other factors which will minimize the environmental and aesthetic impacts on mined or adjacent property;
(C) To reduce the potential for pollution caused by wind and soil erosion and sedimentation;
(D) To establish the locations, orderly approval process, and the operating conditions under which sand and gravel extraction and processing will be allowed in the city; and to establish conditions which insure the restoration of mined areas consistent with existing and planned land use patterns; and
(E) To establish this sand and gravel zoning district as the only zoning district where new sand and gravel operations will be allowed, pursuant to City Council approval of a conditional use permit and annual Council approval of excavation permits.
(‘81 Code, § A1-48) (Ord. 291, passed 4-21-83; Am. Ord. 472, passed 1-25-90)