Blue Stone Sand & Gravel v. Mantua Township Zoning Board of Appeals

Nader, Presiding Justice.

This accelerated calendar case emanates from a judgment of the Portage County Court of Common Pleas, reversing a decision of appellant, the Mantua Township Board of Zoning Appeals (“the BZA”). 1

In early 1996, appellee, Blue Stone Sand & Gravel (“Blue Stone”), purchased an 86.5-acre tract of land, which was located in an R-2 residential zoning district, in Mantua Township. In the immediate vicinity of the Blue Stone parcel were several sand and gravel mining operations and approximately seventeen residential dwellings and/or agricultural operations.

In Mantua Township,…