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Board approves temporary campground permit for Hodges while bed-and-breakfast is built
Summary
The Board granted a special-exception permit allowing four temporary glamping tents on Wesley Hodges’s property while a bed-and-breakfast is constructed, with conditions that the tents be removed when a certificate of occupancy is issued or by Oct. 31, 2025.
The Botetourt County Board of Supervisors conditionally approved a special-exception permit Oct. 11 allowing a temporary campground of up to four tents on property owned by Wesley A. Hodges in the Fincastle magisterial district while construction of a planned bed-and-breakfast proceeds.
Why it matters: The tents are intended as interim lodging for customers of Mr. Hodges’s fly-fishing and outdoor-guiding business while the permanent bed-and-breakfast is under construction; staff and the applicant agreed to conditions designed to limit duration and impact.
Staff explained the use is intended to be temporary and noted…
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