ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Wednesday, May 22, 1996 TAG: 9605220024
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
DATELINE: PULASKI
SOURCE: NEW RIVER VALLEY BUREAU
Pulaski County officials thought they had reached an agreement on conditions for allowing a quarry to expand, but some of the residents around the quarry say no.
Clint Treadway, one of those living near the Pulaski County Developers quarry off Virginia 611 (Wilderness Road) near Claytor Lake, said some of the "gentlemen's agreements" discussed with the quarry developers' attorney were not included in the declaration of conditions presented to the Board of Supervisors Monday night.
Maynard Sayers, the county's commissioner of revenue and another resident of that part of the Ingles District, urged the supervisors to pin down the developers on specific commitments "if you really want Claytor Lake to mean anything in this county, and we mean anything."
Supervisor Bruce Fariss agreed that the language in the declaration was often too vague to be enforceable. The board had gotten residents together with the developers to come up with conditions acceptable to those living around the quarry. Many of the residents had opposed a conditional use permit to allow the expansion.
"I think this board has already demonstrated that we are sensitive to the business aspects of this quarry," Fariss said. "Once we approve this, whatever we approve, that's the way it's going to be."
Fariss wanted access to the quarry moved to a different location, and walls built up high enough around the quarry so it would not be readily visible from Interstate 81 or Virginia 611. The concerns will be relayed to the developers before the board's June meeting.
"This thing's been dragging on for three or four months," Supervisor Charles Cook said Monday. "I thought it was going to be ready for a vote tonight."
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