Commission recommends renewal of temporary asphalt plant permit for Central Specialties

The Stark County Planning and Zoning Commission on April 30 recommended renewal of a temporary use permit that will allow Central Specialties Inc. to operate a hot-mix asphalt plant on a roughly 20-acre lease area inside a gravel pit to support utility and street improvement work near Dickinson.

Alex Thompson, regulatory compliance coordinator for Central Specialties, said the plant would support a project in the city of Dickinson, including water main work, sanitary sewer and storm sewer lines, and paving. He said the site lies about 7 miles northeast of downtown Dickinson and that the operation will use existing driveway access to 105th Avenue Southwest.

Thompson described the renewal as essentially identical to last year’s approval. He said operations would run between 5 a.m. and 8 p.m., employ six to ten workers on site, and that the company understands it must remove all equipment and company property from the site by Nov. 30 of this year. "We fully understand that we also have the obligation to remove all equipment and company property from the site by November 30th of this year," Thompson said. He added Central Specialties will comply with county, state and federal rules and that no permanent structures will be erected on the site.

Planner Steve Josephson told the commission the conditions of approval are virtually unchanged from last year and that staff had not received public comment on the renewal. A motion to recommend approval of the temporary use permit carried on a recorded roll call; the commission’s recommendation will go to the County Commission for final action.

Thompson also said a haul-road agreement is required for the project and that the company is working with county staff to finalize it before construction begins. The commission recorded a unanimous recommend-approval vote and scheduled transmittal to the County Commission next week.