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Upson planning panel recommends denying ATVs at private event venue on 10.25-acre property
Summary
The Upson County Planning and Zoning Commission voted 5-0 to recommend denial of a request to add all-terrain-vehicle (ATV) activities to an existing special-event venue at 536 Gordon School Road, citing potential noise, dust, traffic and safety impacts. Staff had recommended approval with conditions if the board chose to allow ATVs.
The Upson County Planning and Zoning Commission voted 5-0 to recommend denial of a request to add ATV activities to an existing indoor-outdoor special-event venue at 536 Gordon School Road.
The applicant, property owner Willard “Willie” Fuller, asked the commission to modify a previously approved special exception (SPX202503) to allow ATVs on a 10.25-acre parcel zoned AR (agriculture/residential). Bill Seram Asama, an Auburn University graduate student interning with the county building and zoning department, presented the staff analysis and recommended conditions that would apply if the commission approved the change.
Staff told the commission that, under the State of Georgia special-exception criteria, ATV use could be compatible only if carefully limited and enforced; otherwise it…
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