The following official summary of the extraction and filling ordinance amendment has been approved by the Becker Joint Planning Board as clearly informing the public of the intent and effect of the ordinance amendment.

Becker Joint Planning Board Zoning Ordinance

It is the intent of the following ordinance amendment to regulate extraction and filling operations in a manner that ensures the protection of the planning process and the health safety, and welfare of the citizens of the Town of Becker.

Upon the foregoing Findings and Intent, the Becker Joint Planning Board, does hereby amend the Becker Joint Planning Zoning Ordinance as follows:

1. Section 5, Definitions and Rules of Language Construction, Subdivision 5.02, Definitions, Extraction, shall be amended.

2. Section 7, Agriculture District, Subdivision 7.05, Interim Uses, shall be amended. 

3. Section 13, Heavy Industrial, Subdivision 13.04, Interim Uses, shall be amended.

4. Section 16, General Performance Standards, Number 11 shall be added.

5. Section 16, General Performance Standards, Number 12 shall be added.

Section 16, General Performance Standards, existing items shall be renumbered to follow sequentially after the addition of 11.  Extraction, Major and 12. Extraction, Minor. 

A printed copy of the entire ordinance is available for inspection by any person on the Becker Township Website:  www.beckertownship.org; at Becker City Hall, 12060 Sherburne Avenue, Becker MN, any Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. or at Becker Township Hall by appointment (call 763-261-5301 or email clerk@beckertownship.org) or during posted office hours.

This document hereby is made a part of this ordinance and is attached hereto.

Brad Wilkening

Chair, Becker Joint Planning Board

Attest:

Lucinda Messman

Clerk, Town Clerk

(Published in the Sherburne County Citizen: 04/18/15.)