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Suwannee County hearing on proposed County Road 137 borrow pit draws dozens of residents; commissioners take no action
Summary
A public hearing on Special Permit SP-25-01-01 for a borrow pit on County Road 137 drew dozens of opponents concerned about dust, traffic and groundwater. Planning staff said the project meets land-use rules but commissioners did not vote on the permit after discussion of possible conditions and no motion was made.
Suwannee County commissioners held a public hearing Feb. 18 on a special-permit request (SP-25-01-01) to excavate a borrow pit on County Road 137, and heard more than a dozen residents oppose the project over health, traffic and water concerns. Planning staff said the request meets local land-use rules, but the board did not act on the permit after debating possible conditions and failing to take a motion.
The permit application, filed by Dennis Price as agent for the landowner, would allow excavation of clean fill material from a roughly 62-acre property. County planning staff told commissioners the land-development regulations require a 50-foot vegetative buffer around such excavations and that separate permits would be needed from state water regulators.
"The LDRs does require a 50 foot setback around the perimeter of the property," County Planner Logan Meeks said, and he…
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