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Board approves on-site sawmill for St. Dunstan’s Academy with limits on hours, horsepower and commercial use
Summary
A special‑use permit allowing a permanent sawmill on St. Dunstan’s Academy property was approved 3–0; conditions require hours between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. (no Sundays), a 25‑horsepower motor limit, a 100‑foot buffer from adjoining property lines, and that lumber be used only for on‑site projects.
The Nelson County Board of Supervisors granted Special Use Permit #24‑0157 on Sept. 10 to allow a permanent sawmill at St. Dunstan’s Academy, a proposed non‑profit boarding school on 452 Modoc Lane in Roseland. The permit passed unanimously (3–0) and includes conditions intended to limit off‑site commercial lumber sales and minimize neighborhood impacts.
Thomas Fickley, headmaster and the applicant, said the on‑site sawmill will let the school harvest and process timber from its roughly 110…
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