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Planning commission denies commercial campground rezoning in Yucca after residents cite fire, medical and road-safety concerns
Summary
Commissioners denied a rezone for a proposed commercial campground in the Yucca/Dutch Flat area after multiple neighbors cited lack of infrastructure, wildfire risk and harm to rural character.
The Planning and Zoning Commission voted on June 11 to deny a rezoning request that would have converted a 40-acre lot in the Yucca/Dutch Flat area to a commercial-recreation (CRE) designation to allow a private campground and associated hospitality uses.
The applicant, Charles Bennett, proposed smaller platform tent sites and camping amenities and said the project would rely on private well water and septic. Commissioners denied the request following substantial public opposition from neighbors who live in and near Santa Fe Ranch and Stagecoach Trails association lands.
Why it matters: Residents said the site lacks basic emergency and medical infrastructure, the parcel is…
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