PendingGeneral Plan Amendment
CZO-2-2026 — Smelting and metal refining zoning amendment
Description
Restores smelting/metal refining as a permitted-on-review use in M-2 zones after a 2016 error, with a 100-acre minimum and 500-foot residential setbacks; tied to the existing Cumberland Heights zinc plant's expansion plans.
Impact summary
Enables a local industrial employer to expand legally while adding the county's strictest setback rules for the use.
At a glance
- Hearings
- 1
- Public comments
- 1
- Total mentions
- 1
Recorded in the meeting · Formal Commission
Approved19–2
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 5, 2026.
Meeting timeline (1)
Related issues (1)
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