Rosemary's Mountain Major Use Permit modified

The county’s Planning Commission modified the Major Use Permit for Rosemary’s Mountain.

The approval was by a 4-1 vote Oct. 10. Michael Beck was opposed to the modification, Leon Brooks was absent, and the resignation of Adam Day from the Planning Commission effective Oct. 1 created a vacancy which has not been filled.

The permit modifications include increasing the total project area from 93.42 acres to 103.63 acres and the quarry processing and reclamation plan area from 37.97 acres to 48.32 acres, allowing a 90 foot high asphalt batch plant facility and an 80 foot high mechanically-stabiliz...