Zoning board denies quarry request
Click here for article published Sunday July 17, 2011 in Gallatin News Examiner
After hearing comments for more than an hour and a half from both sides of a proposed rock quarry in Castalian Springs, the Sumner County Board of Zoning and Appeals took less than 20 minutes to deny the request of Hoover, Inc. to build a rock quarry, a rock crushing plant, an asphalt plant and a concrete plant on more than 350 acres of land currently zoned for residential and agriculture use.
Board member and local developer Bruce Rainey said during the July 14 meeting that while a mining quarry may be considered in some instances an agricultural business, the other businesses presented in Hoover's site plans were industrial uses.
According to Sumner County Executive Anthony Holt, Hoover is expected to take the matter through Sumner County Chancery Court to request a ruling.
"That was overheard and if that's the case, the county is going to vigorously fight this,"
Holt said after the meeting. "The Board of Zoning and Appeals made the right decision."
Holt said after the meeting. "The Board of Zoning and Appeals made the right decision."
The board's decision was unanimous.
Reporter Sherry Mitchell can be reached at 575-7117 or shmitchell@mtcngroup.com.
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