Dane County zoning committee postpones decision on revoking Rutland quarry permit

The Dane County Zoning and Land Regulation Committee on Sept. 2 postponed a decision on revoking conditional use permit 2582 for a nonmetallic mineral extraction operation at 345 Center Road in the Town of Rutland, citing outstanding questions about stormwater controls, berm landscaping and material importation.

Committee members voted to delay the matter to Oct. 28, 2025, to allow the county Land and Water Resource Office time to review engineering calculations and site documentation submitted by the operator. Supervisor Don Posler made the motion to postpone and Supervisor Jeffrey Kronig seconded; the motion carried.

The committee's public hearing followed a staff report documenting repeated complaints and inspections since the CUP was approved on July 18, 2023. Planning staff member Dan Everson told the committee inspectors had recorded alleged violations tied to multiple conditions of the CUP, including failures to maintain perimeter berms required along Center Road, erosion and stormwater controls, and material being brought onto the site that staff characterized as solid waste rather than “clean fill.” Everson said the site is about 36.5 acres and that inspections and reports date back to August 27 and include follow-ups June 24 and July 22, 2025.

"If the zoning committee finds that the conditions stipulated in the…