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Cherokee County denies Milton Pro Players Park noise-exception request after heated public comment
Summary
After more than an hour of public testimony, the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners voted 4–1 to deny a request by Milton Pro Players Park (operated by Mike Zito) for a one-year noise exception to allow game activity beginning at 10 a.m. on Sundays.
The Cherokee County Board of Commissioners denied a noise-exception permit for Milton Pro Players Park on April 15, voting 4–1 to refuse the facility’s request to operate on Sundays beginning at 10 a.m. for a 12‑month period.
The denial came after a public hearing that drew nearly a dozen speakers who alternately supported the park as a youth and regional tournament venue and criticized its scale and impacts on adjacent residents. Commissioner Wetherbee moved to deny the application; Commissioner West seconded and the motion carried with Commissioner Ragsdale dissenting.
Planning staff member Dana Spade told the board the application sought an “exception permit to operate outside of quiet hours,…
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