Butler County approves rezoning for BMC Aggregates sandpit operation

The Butler County Board of Supervisors on May 28 approved a rezoning request from BMC Aggregates to allow a sandpit dredging operation and adopted Ordinance Title VI, Number 35.

Misty Day-Kofron of the county planning and zoning office summarized the request and told the board that the Planning & Zoning Commission recommended approval. Applicant Sherman Lundy, representing BMC Aggregates, described the proposal as "a dredging operation" and said there should not be any concerns with wells; he also noted the site is in a flood plain.

The rezoning request described in the meeting record was variously listed as 72 acres in the published notice and as a legal description of 73 acres “more or less” in the ordinance text; the transcript records both figures and the article notes the discrepancy without attempting to reconcile it from outside sources.

Supervisor Greg Barnett moved to approve the first reading of the ordinance; Supervisor Rusty Eddy seconded. The board then motioned to waive second and third readings; the record indicates the motions passed unanimously (recorded as 'all ayes'). The ordinance rescinds the parcel’s A-1 (Agriculture) zoning and adopts an A-2 (Limited Agricultural) designation for the legally described parcel in the NW¼ of Section 34, Township 92 North, Range 15 West of the 5th P.M. The ordinance text states it becomes effective after final passage and publication as provided by law.

No public opposition was recorded at the hearing in the meeting minutes. The board proceeded to other business after adopting the ordinance.