Miami County Planning Commission continues quarry CUP to await traffic study and utility input

The Miami County Planning Commission continued consideration of 25001 CUP 1880 Enterprises, a request to expand an existing quarry off Hedge Lane, to its June 3 meeting and asked that the applicant complete a traffic impact study and that county staff solicit responses from road and bridge and the affected utilities.

Jennifer Kane, Assistant Director of Planning, opened the staff presentation and summarized the application and draft conditions, saying, “Staff recommends approval of the application.” Kane told commissioners the site has operated as a quarry since before the county’s current zoning rules and that the applicant had submitted a reclamation plan approved by the Kansas Department of Agriculture.

The commission’s decision to continue followed hours of testimony from the applicant, quarry representatives and more than a dozen neighbors. The public raised traffic safety, blasting, dust and water-quality concerns; commissioners cited the need for a formal traffic study and confirmation from utility providers before making a recommendation to the Board of County Commissioners.

David Waters, attorney for 18 80 Enterprises, told the commission the applicant had…