[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Hadley 2-9-1959 ATM by Art. 20. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall remove any soil, loam, sand, gravel or rock from any land in the Town of Hadley not in public use unless such removal is authorized by a permit issued by the Planning Board, except in conjunction with construction of a building on the parcel and except for the continued operation on the same parcel of an existing sand, gravel or rock pit. No such permit shall be issued until an application therefor is filed with said Board; said Board shall hold a public hearing on said application following the publication of said application, date and time of said public hearing in a newspaper published in Hampshire County at least seven days before said hearing.