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Zoning board approves Wagner's Nursery open‑cut excavation and on‑site screening with mitigation and bonding conditions
Summary
The Zoning Board of Adjustments approved Conditional Use Permit 25‑2 allowing Wagner's Nursery to excavate decomposed granite, screen material on‑site, and sell it, subject to DEQ/MSHA permitting, dust and noise mitigation, a reclamation bond and weekday daytime hour limits.
On July 17 the Butte‑Silver Bow Zoning Board of Adjustments voted 4‑0 to approve Conditional Use Permit 25‑2, allowing Wagner’s Nursery and Landscaping to excavate decomposed granite on its 30.1‑acre parcel, process the material on‑site through a mobile screener and sell the processed material directly to customers at the nursery.
Planning staff said the subject parcel is in the R‑1S (one‑family suburban residential) zone, west of Interstate 90, and already operates as a garden center and event venue under a prior conditional use (Permit 13180). The new activity — described by staff as an open‑cut mining operation limited to removing approximately eight feet of material over the project life — would occur away from adjacent residences, use existing…
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