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Sweetwater County OKs rezoning to allow Laios Gravel Pit expansion to about 160 acres
Summary
The county approved a zoning map amendment to reclassify roughly 160 acres from Agricultural to Mineral Development (MD-1), clearing the way for Laios Gravel Pit to expand; Planning & Zoning had recommended approval 4–0 and commissioners voted unanimously.
Sweetwater County commissioners on Aug. 19 voted unanimously to amend the county zoning map to allow an expansion of the Laios Gravel Pit.
County planner Cassidy Brown told the board that the existing quarry is about 40 acres — the maximum gravel quarry size allowed in Agricultural zoning — and the applicant seeks to rezone about 160 acres to MD-1 so the pit can expand and pursue an improved mining permit. Brown said…
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