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Commission recommends denial of conditional use for Buddhist study/meditation site in Bay Creek Estates
Summary
The planning commission voted to deny a conditional‑use request to permit a Buddhist study and meditation use at 3550 Bay Creek Church Road in a platted residential subdivision after neighbors cited recorded covenants, traffic and noise concerns and personal impacts; the matter moves to the Board of Commissioners Dec. 2.
The Walton County Planning Commission voted to deny a conditional‑use request to allow a Buddhist study and meditation place of worship at 3550 Bay Creek Church Road and forwarded the denial to the Board of Commissioners for Dec. 2.
Applicant Paula Kim Nguyen said the proposed use would be modest: quiet study and meditation on Sundays from about 10 a.m. to noon with roughly 5–20 people, followed by a communal meal. She described the activity as low intensity and said she planned landscaping…
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