Planning board recommends approval of conditional rezoning for mining operation at 985 NC 211 Highway

The Moore County Planning Board voted to adopt a land-use plan consistency statement and to recommend that the Moore County Board of Commissioners approve a conditional rezoning of property at 985 NC 211 Highway from Rural Agricultural (RA) to Rural Agricultural Conditional Zoning (RACZ) for a sand and clay mining and quarry operation.

Danielle (Planning Department staff) told the board the request covers three parcels that were once a single 660-acre tract and are now being presented together; she said the applicant proposes to mine about 341.96 acres in phased operations while leaving the remainder in its existing state and providing vegetative buffers and berms. “The mining area is only 341.96 acres,” Danielle said during her presentation.

The rezoning request and the staff’s consistency statement were considered together. Board member David Garrison moved to adopt the Moore County Planning Board Land Use Plan Consistency Statement and to reference recommendation 1.7 (support and promote local businesses) and cited North Carolina General Statute…