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Commission orders research on bedrock removal and noise mitigation; adds requirement to research need for removal
Summary
After sustained public concern about noise from on-site bedrock removal, the commission approved a project charge directing staff to research other jurisdictions' approaches, numerical/noise metrics, enforcement feasibility and to investigate whether applicants have feasible alternatives to bedrock removal.
The Planning Commission on Sept. 18 approved a project charge to study regulations and enforcement practices for bedrock removal and on-site processing (including chipping and blasting), responding to repeated public complaints about noise and disturbance from recent local projects.
Staff summarized the new rules the commission adopted in recent LDR amendments and explained how a Bedrock Removal and On-site Processing Plan must be submitted when bedrock removal is necessary or reasonably foreseeable during development review or when blasting is required. Staff noted a de minimis exception that currently allows…
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