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Whitfield County approves Dalton Quarries special-use permit with strict buffer and access conditions
Summary
The board approved a special-use permit for Dalton Quarries LLC with a 100-foot evergreen buffer, access limited to Cherokee Boys Estate Road NE, and additional 200-foot buffers on specified parcel lines that may be used for slope and safety purposes; replanting was required after slope work. Motion carried 3-0.
The Whitfield County Board of Commissioners approved a special-use permit Feb. 16 allowing Dalton Quarries LLC to operate quarrying activities on multiple parcels, subject to several detailed mitigation conditions.
The motion, made by Commissioner Barry W. Robbins and seconded by Commissioner John Thomas, imposed a 100-foot evergreen buffer along all property boundaries and required that any existing mature tree cover in those buffers remain undisturbed. Access to the quarry was limited to Cherokee…
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