Public NoticeClose Proximity Owners and Local Officials of the Rock County Planning and Zoning Commission.Notice is hereby given that the Rock County Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on Monday, April 18, 2005, at the Rock County Family Services Center located at 2 Roundwind Road in Luverne, Minnesota at 7:15 p.m. to act on the following Conditional Use Permit application.Conditional Use: Expansion of an existing feedlot presently at 443 Animal Units to an expanded capacity of 750 Animal Units within 1/4 mile of an existing dwelling. Legal Description: The NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 6 of Mound Township, T103N, R45W, Rock County. Facility Owner and Operator: Gerald SandbulteThe existing facility consists of a 125’ x 220’ open lot without runoff controls holding 100 head of slaughter cattle (100 animal units), a 65’ x 220’ open lot without runoff controls holding 100 head of slaughter cattle and 70 head of feeder cattle (150 animal units), a 150’ x 150’ open lot without runoff controls holding 100 stock cows (100 animal units), a 32’ x 12’ total confinement barn with a 32’ x 12’ x 2’ poured concrete pit and a 12’ x 12’ x 8’ poured concrete pit housing 160 head of finishing swine (48 animal units), and a 20’ x 44’ partial confinement barn with a 32’ x 44’ open lot with runoff controls housing 150 head of finishing swine (45 animal units), for a total of 443 animal units. The proposed expansion shall consist of a 100’ x 330’ open lot with runoff controls to hold 400 head of slaughter cattle (400 animal units). The 32’ x 12’ total confinement barn with poured concrete pits shall be abandoned and the 20’ x 44’ partial confinement barn with 32’ x 44’ open lot with runoff controls shall also be abandoned. The total animal units after expansion shall be 750 animal units. The described property is zoned as A-2, General Agriculture. All persons interested may appear and be heard at said time and place, or submit views in writing or by representative. Date: April 7, 2005By Order of the Rock County Planning and Zoning CommissionEric Hartman, Zoning Administrator311 W. Gabrielson RoadLuverne, MN 56156507-283-8862(4-7, 4-14)