ApprovedConditional Use
LDCU-2025-33 (CU 00-27M Modification)
Description
A 70-acre expansion of an existing sand mine adding hydraulic dredging, a below-grade processing plant and 24-hour operations, with trucks restricted to southern routes.
Impact summary
Up to 556 daily truck trips at full operation and mining through roughly 2035, ending with a reclamation and an 88-acre lake by 2080.
Applicant
- Name
- Matt Mouncey (Highland Sand LLC, owner; Quickcrete/Monarch Mountain Minerals and Aggregates LLC)
- Address
- North of Scenic Highway, south of State Road 60, east of US 27
At a glance
- Hearings
- 1
- Public comments
- 0
- Total mentions
- 1
Last vote · Planning Commission
Approved7–0, unanimous
Last discussed Jan 7, 2026.
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