Taken from near the 100 road, large piles of dirt. This is the same type of dirt pile photographed in the "anonymous" against the Vezzoso's that prompted the actions of Garfield County. Do they have a special use permit or are they "violation" of storing natural resources? Since the code actually says:

natural resource; examples include petroleum refining, oil shale crushing, retorting and refining, ore smelting, coal crushing and cleaning, saw mills, alfalfa pellet mills, food canning or packing, creation of glass, ceramic or plastic materials, gravel crushing, cement manufacture; concrete batch plants;

So we don't think they need a permit, but GarCo does. We wonder if they have one? We'll just have to find out.

Taken from the bike path, a clear use of an extractor and what the county calls material processing and grading. The difference here, is that someone REALLY is crushing rock and processing materials, not screening top soil to reclaim their Ag pasture. Do they have a permit for processing natural materials and grading? Are they in "violation" of processing natural resources and grading without an SUP? Or do they need a material's handling permit? Or all three?

Since the code says:
including a transfer station for construction waste
including: wood, drywall, metals, paper, plastic and other types of construction materials

We don't think they need a material handling permit, because of what the code defines through definitions as natural resources. Since they're not grading they shouldn't need a grading permit, right? As far as GarCo's concerned, ANY excavation needs a grading permit - even it's it's not actually grading. Be careful excavators, they can terrorize anyone they want. And seriously, you might be next. Let's stop this harassment, sign the petition today.