Missouri

Pit & Quarry, July, 2004

Staff from Johnson County Kansas and the city of De Soto have resolved one point of conflict between the city and county regarding a county permit to regulate Sunflower Quarry, but differences remain less than a month before the permit is to be considered for zoning board approval. The De Soto City Council found five points of conflict when Johnson County interim planning director Dean Palos presented the proposed conditional use permit for the Hunt Midwest Mining Inc.

quarry south of 95th Street. The majority of the council agreed requirements in the county permit should conform to city regulations developed before the quarry was deannexed. Still to be resolved are issues involving setbacks, reclamation and a future haul road.