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Board renews and expands seasonal use for Hannah Haunted Acres with recorded commitments, staff urged rezoning
Summary
The board approved an amended use variance for Hannah Haunted Acres, allowing expanded seasonal operations and added commitments but staff advised a rezoning to SU-16 as a better long-term tool for the intensified entertainment use.
The Metropolitan Board of Zoning Appeals Division 1 voted Wednesday to grant an amended use variance for Hannah Haunted Acres, allowing expanded seasonal indoor and outdoor commercial recreational activity on a longtime Franklin Township farm, while staff urged the petitioner to consider rezoning the property to SU-16 for a more durable regulatory fit.
The petitioner, Hannah Haunted Acres Inc., sought an amended variance to extend and clarify the seasonal haunted‑attraction operations originally permitted by a 2009 variance. The petition would allow additional days and certain new attractions, a limited outdoor stage area, state‑alcohol sales within designated areas and an optional indoor escape-room attraction of up to 10,000 square feet (the petitioner said that attraction might not be built). The property is approximately 78 acres and remains farmed…
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