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Commission Denies Special Permits for Restaurant, Travel-Trailer Camp at 320 West Hill Drive After Community Opposition; Applicant Withdraws
Summary
The commission denied two special-permit applications for a restaurant and travel-trailer campground in Lookout Valley (Resolutions 525-35 and 525-36) after staff raised health and access concerns and area residents voiced opposition. The applicant subsequently withdrew the applications.
The Hamilton County Commission voted to deny two special-permit applications for 320 West Hill Drive in Lookout Valley — one for a restaurant and one for a travel-trailer campground — following staff review and opposition from nearby residents and the Black Creek community association.
Planning staff described the site as a roughly four-acre flag lot zoned C-1 since the 1970s but located inside an area the Lookout Valley area plan (adopted February 2003) designates for low-density residential uses. Building-inspection staff noted several outstanding issues, including reliance on an older on-site septic system (no record of a…
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