Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Sprouse Ranch Expansion Sup topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Sprouse Endowed LLC requests SUP to expand events, lodging and housing; commission forwards to public hearing with VDOT review requested
Summary
LaRue Sprouse, representing Sprouse Endowed LLC, presented a request on Jan. 27 for a special-use permit to expand existing operations at Sprouse’s Corner Ranch with additional housing, an Airbnb cabin, campsites and an event center.
LaRue Sprouse, representing Sprouse Endowed LLC, presented a request on Jan. 27 for a special-use permit to expand existing operations at Sprouse’s Corner Ranch and to add housing, an Airbnb cabin, dry campsites and an event center.
The request applies to tax map 137, parcel 125B, lot 2, a parcel just over 59 acres in the Maysville District. The applicant told commissioners the property already operates under an SUP approved in 2007 for horse-riding facilities, dude-ranch operations and horse shows; those activities will continue. The new request would add up to four potential single-family home sites (the applicant said two would be developed initially for staff housing), an Airbnb cabin in the rear of the property, and event-center uses including glamping, dry campsites, nature trails, festivals, farmers markets and life celebrations. The application included an illustrative plan showing locations for homes and the Airbnb cabin; Sprouse said initial work would focus on two staff homes and a small Airbnb cabin.
Commissioners asked about driveway access and parking. The applicant said horse shows previously brought several hundred people (she said the ranch has hosted “2 to 300 people” at big day shows) and that parking has historically used pasture areas adjacent to existing entrances. Commissioners and staff emphasized the need for a VDOT driveway/access determination before the board or the commission takes a final action; as with other SUP items that evening, VDOT had been delayed by winter weather but the applicant said the agency expected to inspect the site soon. Staff also explained that some single-family homes are allowable on large parcels by-right, but that the Airbnb lodging use requires SUP review.
The commission voted 7–1 to move the Sprouse application forward to a public hearing, and commissioners asked for the VDOT report and any additional materials explaining parking and access prior to that hearing. The commission did not make a final decision on event capacities or on the number/timing of proposed events at the Jan. 27 meeting.
