Commission approves Doherty quarry as a Goal 5 large significant aggregate site
The Morrow County Board approved a comprehensive plan amendment adding a long‑operating Doherty rock quarry to the county’s Goal 5 aggregate inventory as a large significant site, removing the 500,000‑ton extraction cap set in a 2019 CUP; staff set a Jan. 7 ordinance second reading date.
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Chair David Sykes opened a public hearing on an application by Cliff Doherty, with owner Patricia Doherty, to add an existing quarry off Spur Loop Road to Morrow County’s Goal 5 aggregate inventory as a “large significant” site. Planning Director Tamara Mabbit told the board the site has operated for years and was permitted in 2019 under a conditional use permit that limited extraction to 500,000 tons.
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