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Planning commission recommends approval of special-use permit for two-site campground on Flatridge Road

5507900 · July 25, 2025
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Summary

The Smith County Planning Commission voted to recommend that the Board of Supervisors approve a special-use permit to allow two campsites on a property at 860 Flatridge Road in Sugar Grove; the applicants said stays would be short-term, reservations will be managed through Hipcamp, and an entrance permit and elevation certificate are on file.

The Smith County Planning Commission voted to recommend that the Board of Supervisors approve a special-use permit that would allow two campsites on property at 860 Flatridge Road in Sugar Grove.

The permit application from property owners Ryan Gruel and Allison Gruel asks to establish a small campground on land zoned Agriculture Rural (AR). Planning staff told the commission the property is identified as Tax Map 71-A-112 and that the applicants had submitted a site plan and affidavit and that a public notice was published in the Smith County News.

At the hearing, the applicants said the site would be a single-use…

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