County Board follows suit and denies proposed mining operation
By Jason Arndt
Editor
The Walworth County Board of Supervisors needed a mere two minutes, if that, Tuesday to agree with the Zoning Agency’s decision to deny a proposed gravel pit in the Town of Spring Prairie.
The decision comes after nearly nine months of debate, hours of residents voicing fierce opposition, a divided Town Planning and Zoning Commission and, ultimately a vote against the quarry by the Spring Prairie Town Board.
Union Grove-based Asphalt Contractors, Inc., which initially presented the proposal last June, planned to rezone three parcels from A-1 Prime Agricultural Zone District to M-3 Mineral Extraction District near the intersection of Highways 120 and 11.
In addition to a zoning change, Asphalt Contractors looked to obtain a conditional use permit for sand and gravel extraction for an aggregate mining operation with a wash plant.
To read the entire story see the March 12 edition of the Burlington Standard Press.
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