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title: "Court upholds ruling in favor of developers after lawsuits filed over proposed quarry in Greenback"
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description: "A judge has upheld a ruling allowing M&M Stone Farm to develop a quarry in Greenback, rejecting the city's appeal over zoning issues. The court found that the land was not subject to zoning regulations, as the municipality failed to provide a valid zoning ordinance. The case began when the Greenback and Loudon County Regional Planning Commission sued M&M Stone Farms and Tri-County Crushed Stone, claiming the land was in a light industrial district where mining is prohibited. The ruling voided a 2024 ordinance that attempted to zone the land, confirming its unregulated status."
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# Court upholds ruling in favor of developers after lawsuits filed over proposed quarry in Greenback

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A judge has denied an appeal from the City of Greenback attempting to block the development of a proposed quarry in the city over zoning concerns.

In November 2025, a Chancery Court judge ruled that the property owner’s, M&M Stone Farm, proposed use of the land in question as a quarry was not illegal because the land was not zoned. A ruling filed on December 30 in response to an appeal upheld that ruling.

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The case began in May 2024, when the Greenback and Loudon County Regional Planning Commission filed a lawsuit against M&M Stone Farms and Tri-County Crushed Stone over their plan to build a rock quarry on a 236 acre piece of land along Hutton Road. The lawsuit argues that the land was in a light industrial district, which would mean that mining and quarrying would not be permitted, but the companies filed a countersuit arguing that the land within the town limits of Greenback was never subjected to any zoning regulations.

The countersuit also said the companies were not given a chance to be heard when the Loudon County Regional Planning Commission created an ordinance to zone the land in early 2024.

The initial lawsuit claimed the land was zoned through an amendment no later than 2001, but the November ruling stated that the municipality was not able to provide a validly enacted zoning ordinance for the land. According to that ruling, that 2024 ordinance was voided, meaning the land is not zoned.

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The land where a quarry has been proposed is owned by M&M Stone Farms. Tri-County Crushed Stone entered into a lease agreement for a 76-acre portion of the property in June 2023 to being commercial operations in the area.

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