Silver Springs Aggregate Pit
Description
A CUP for an aggregate pit and scale house on 117.6 acres failed to get a recommendation after residents and commissioners balked at truck traffic near the school and along Dayton Avenue; the applicant refused a continuance, so it goes to the county commission without this board's support.
Impact summary
Up to 128 daily truck trips would run down gravel roads past homes and near the high school; neighbors fear blasting near Lovett's mountainside home and noise every few minutes.
Applicant
- Name
- Q&D Construction
- Address
- 3875 Fir Avenue (APN 015-521-01), Silver Springs
At a glance
- Hearings
- 2
- Public comments
- 3
- Total mentions
- 2
Last vote · Planning Commission
A recommendation, not a final decision. County Commission decides next.
Discussed at 2 meetings in the last 60 days; most recently Nov 5, 2026.
Meeting timeline (2)
Board of County Commissioners - Nov 5, 2026
Q&D sought a CUP to operate an aggregate pit and scale house on 117.60 acres primarily to serve the nearby Microsoft data center project, with up to 60 truck round trips daily. Approved 4-1 over the planning commission's denial recommendation, with signage, road improvement, hours, and five-year review conditions.
Planning Commission - Oct 13, 2026
Private gravel pit and scale house on 117.6 acres, up to 128 truck trips a day; the approval recommendation failed 2-4-1 and a continuance died when the applicant wouldn't agree, so it goes to the county commission without a favorable recommendation.
Related issues (4)
Silver Springs aggregate pit conditional use permit
A proposed private gravel pit on 117 acres off Topaz Street would mean up to 128 truck trips a day past homes on Dayton Avenue and near the high school on Highway 50. Neighbors worry about blasting shaking nearby houses on solid rock, noise, dust, and dangerous truck traffic. The commission failed to recommend approval, so the county commissioners will decide next.
CNG trucking station at Silver Springs Technology Park
NVLCO wants to add a CNG trucking station on 10 acres of its 458-acre Technology Park site, but the request was pushed to November 10 while fire suppression details are worked out with the fire district.
Boys & Girls Club Silver Springs curb and sidewalk CDBG project
The county is applying ~$35,545 of would-be permit fees as match toward the club's nearly $6 million Pennington Foundation grant, letting the $9.2 million clubhouse break ground within two months.
Elm Street Silver Springs zone change
A 301-acre rezone from rural residential to light industrial near Opal and Spruce in Silver Springs was postponed to November 19 after staff missed one neighbor in the noticing mailings.
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