Highlights:

• City council of Joplin, Mo. approves permit to allow USA Metal Recycling to continue scrap metal recycling operations
• Company had been operating at the site for six months without the special use permit
• Company has agreed to number of changes in business operations to appease concerned neighbors - they include standard business house, a fence around the property, and security cameras
   

From the article:

The city council of Joplin, Mo., has given unanimous approval to USA Metal Recycling to continue operating a scrap metal recycling facility in that city.

Tom Smith, a co-owner of USA Metal Recycling, headquartered in Lowell, Ark., says the company had been operating at the site for more than six months but inadvertently failed to obtain a special use permit. However, the 12-acre site is zoned for heavy industry.

The company’s first request to obtain a special use permit was denied by the city’s planning commission. USA Metals then requested a public hearing in front of the Joplin City Council. The Council tabled a hearing and action on the request at its June 4 meeting. S