Board approves first reading to classify borrow pits as conditional use in AE districts
Following a zoning commission recommendation (4-0), the board accepted a text amendment to classify borrow pits for earth materials as a conditional use in Agricultural Estates zoning to ensure neighbor notification and controls on traffic, dust and erosion; the 1st reading passed 5-0.
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Planning staff told supervisors the zoning commission reviewed the county’s directive on borrow pits and recommended classifying borrow pits as a conditional use in Agricultural Estates districts to provide a local review and notification mechanism. "They examined this, borrow pit issue, looked at it from the practical difficulty, that was posed to a lot of our land owners," Daniel Priestley said, explaining the rationale for conditional use review.
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