City denies permit in gravel pit dispute

Sidney's planning commission denied Werner Construction's conditional use permit for a mobile asphalt plant at the Kielian gravel pit one half mile south of the intersection of Roads 20 and 117, east of Sidney.

The city attorney, J. Leef, who was not present at the Sept. 16 meeting, informed commission chairperson Jerry Spiker that the city should not issue a conditional use permit to anyone besides the land owner, which is the Kielian Family Trust, according to Spiker.

The Kielian family trust was given nine months, at the same meeting, to remove asphalt stored on its property in violation of...