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Providence planning commission hears residents’ complaints about nearby gravel operations, tables ordinance for attorney review
Summary
Residents pressed the Providence City Planning Commission on a temporary gravel‑pit operation near Grandview Drive and asked the commission to prohibit new mining in residential areas. Staff will work with the city attorney and return draft ordinance options to the commission.
Providence City Planning Commission members on Oct. 7 heard more than an hour of public comment and directed staff to consult the city attorney before returning two possible ordinance options: a prohibition on new mining in city limits or a more restrictive conditional‑use regime that would allow limited, regulated extraction.
The hearing drew homeowners from the Grandview Drive area who described weeks of crushing, stockpiles and heavy truck traffic near existing houses and asked the commission either to ban new gravel pits in residential areas or to tighten safety, traffic and air‑quality controls.
The commission convened the public hearing on a proposed Providence City code addition titled “1098 — mining and similar activities.” Scarlett (city planning staff) told the commission the draft restates an older local mining provision and updates it to reflect recently changed state rules, and that the update would require…
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