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Post by DoubleLiver on May 1, 2019 5:27:23 GMT -6
In Kansas the fucking zoning commission has approved a guys request to turn his land into a rock quarry. There is a house owned by another person in the quarry. He has three acres completely surrounded by the wuarry land. Another house right across the road
This place is across the road from my place. It is bad enough to listen to combines for a day or two, but they stop.
Is there anything that can be done to stop this short of hiring a million dollar attorney?
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Post by terrifictom on May 1, 2019 5:48:41 GMT -6
Don't know about Kansas but most of the time there is a period for public input before they approve the zoning change. Usually the surrounding property owners are notified either by mail or public notice in newspaper. Might be too late to do any thing. If procedure wasn't followed you may be able to get the zoning change stopped but probably will take an attorney and cooperation from all the surrounding neighbors.
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Post by sd51555 on May 1, 2019 5:57:34 GMT -6
In Kansas the fucking zoning commission has approved a guys request to turn his land into a rock quarry. There is a house owned by another person in the quarry. He has three acres completely surrounded by the wuarry land. Another house right across the road This place is across the road from my place. It is bad enough to listen to combines for a day or two, but they stop. Is there anything that can be done to stop this short of hiring a million dollar attorney? Quarry yours as well and take the money and run? Any idea what that will look like? Are they just digging gravel, or full on blasting and crushing? |
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Post by Catscratch on May 1, 2019 7:33:43 GMT -6
Quarries around me tend to have non-stop truck traffic. Loads coming out all the time. I have no idea how they operate legally or how to stop them. Are there any laws about noise pollution that the people who live there could pursue? If the quarry owns the land and the neighbors don't complain I don't see much that could be done. Do you lease your land out to hunting? There is a guy in KS who settled for a bunch of money with an oil company because of lost income due to drilling and lack of deer. He lost hunting business because of the well on his land (which he was getting money from) and got money to compensate.
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Post by jbird on May 1, 2019 10:17:47 GMT -6
I hate to say this....but whoever throws more money at this...is going to be the winner! I seen it locally here (fighting a large hog operation)...and against all the land owners, against the damage to the country roads, against the potential of polluting a large stream near by, despite the drop in property values because of the smell. The money still won in the end because the politicians involved was getting money stuffed in their pocket! It's not about what is "right" any more....it's about the $$$$.
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Post by batman on May 1, 2019 10:39:09 GMT -6
Go put a weird salamander out there and video that it exists.
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Post by jbird on May 1, 2019 11:03:06 GMT -6
Yep - he needs to find an endangered animal, plant or tribal burial ground or something.... He sure isn't going to find a honest politician or lawyer interested in supporting the little guy!
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Post by Catscratch on May 1, 2019 11:14:35 GMT -6
Go put a weird salamander out there and video that it exists. Very right on! I watched a huge project funded by the Koch brothers (no limit on funds) get shut down due to a minnow of some sort. |
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Post by kabic on May 1, 2019 15:03:33 GMT -6
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Post by batman on May 1, 2019 17:41:28 GMT -6
I would Sell long before suing. |
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Post by MoBuckChaser on May 2, 2019 4:28:24 GMT -6
In Kansas the fucking zoning commission has approved a guys request to turn his land into a rock quarry. There is a house owned by another person in the quarry. He has three acres completely surrounded by the wuarry land. Another house right across the road This place is across the road from my place. It is bad enough to listen to combines for a day or two, but they stop. Is there anything that can be done to stop this short of hiring a million dollar attorney? You won’t get it stopped. The counties get gravel tax now for every yard coming out of the pit. The salamanders are fucked. |
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Post by biglakebass on May 2, 2019 7:50:25 GMT -6
NIMBY wont work to stop it for sure.
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