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Board approves 500-foot variance for internal batch-plant operations near Mount Pisgah
Summary
The board approved a variance allowing internal concrete-batching operations to locate within 500 feet of adjacent residentially zoned parcels, after the applicant clarified the operations would be enclosed and buffered by a 10-foot block wall. The applicant struck a requested 1,000-foot outdoor processing variance from consideration.
The zoning board approved a 500-foot separation variance to allow internal batch-plant (precast concrete) operations on a parcel near Mount Pisgah, after the applicant clarified the proposal does not include outdoor aggregate-crushing and that the batching and precast operations will be internal and buffered.
Applicant David Schwert said both facilities would be internal batching operations and that the site plan includes a 10-foot block wall for visual buffering; he asked the board to strike the 1,000-foot outdoor-processing variance originally in the packet. Board members discussed screening, air inspections for stored aggregates and whether council-level rezoning approvals affected the variance. Staff confirmed that if council actions change the underlying zoning, the applicant might need to return with revised plans; for now, the board approved the 500-foot variance with conditions.
Quote: “These will both be internal batching operations as required by the ordinance,” the applicant said.
Provenance: topic introduced SEG 1384; discussion and vote concluded SEG 1639.
