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County approves RC Stables boarding operation after neighbors raise road, manure and traffic concerns
Summary
After a continuation and a neighborhood meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commission approved CUP25-022 for horse boarding (RC Stables) with conditions; neighbors had raised concerns about the private access road, bridge load capacity, manure/flies and event use.
The Planning and Zoning Commission approved CUP25-022 on Sept. 24, 2025, allowing a horse-boarding operation (RC Stables) after the applicant held a neighborhood meeting and agreed to several conditions.
The application had been continued from August to permit a public meeting with nearby property owners. Applicant representative Ryan told commissioners the Sept. 9 meeting included three adjacent landowners who raised concerns about road maintenance, a bridge, emergency access, gate access and manure management; he said the parties planned a follow-up face-to-face meeting to finalize shared road maintenance steps.
Neighbors who spoke to the commission reiterated those issues. Lacy Scott, who lives adjacent to the property, asked for a signage plan, a manure-management and fly-abatement plan, a landscape plan with irrigation, and clearer property-management details given the owner's absentee status. Another neighbor, Jay Klinger, said the site and privately maintained access were not suited to a business that expects customers and regular deliveries.
Commissioners questioned emergency access, noting a private bridge and deteriorated road surface. Staff explained the zoning ordinance has no specific emergency-access standard for the requested boarding use but noted existing county requirements for other uses (for example, commercial campgrounds) and that some standards — such as ability to carry an emergency vehicle — are enforced where the code specifically requires them. Staff encouraged private cooperation on road maintenance and noted the Pinewood fire district will provide emergency response in the area.
After discussion the commission voted to approve CUP25-022 with five staff-proposed conditions addressing site layout, screening, management and road maintenance obligations; the motion passed unanimously. The conditions require the applicant to comply with the submitted site plan and to coordinate road-maintenance arrangements with neighbors, and they include standard nuisance-control and nuisance-management language.
The applicant told the commission he will update the RC Stables website and expectations to match the approved narrative and asked for time to complete specified roadwork in coordination with neighbors. The commission's approval allows the boarding operation to proceed under the conditions attached to the permit.
