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County hearing ends without approval after no second on sand-mining rezoning; residents voice water and traffic concerns
Summary
A proposed PUD rezoning for a large sand mine south of State Road 80 drew sustained public opposition over water, traffic and dust risks. The applicant presented technical studies; a commissioner moved to approve but the motion received no second and therefore did not pass.
The county commission heard a contested quasi-judicial application July 22 to rezone 1,330 acres from agriculture to a planned unit development for sand mining (ER Yana). Applicant representatives presented engineering, water-resources and traffic analyses and said they accepted 45 staff conditions intended to limit impacts and require monitoring and bonding for shoreline plantings.
The applicant and consultants described a phased dredge-mining plan, staged over decades, with the processing plant and stockpile area on the west side of County Road 833 and initial excavation beginning on the northeast portion of the east parcel. Planner…
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