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Resident alleges nonprofit ran large overnight rentals at Keer Lake; commission heard complaint during zoning hearing
Summary
A resident told the commission a property now run by Experience Reality (a nonprofit) was marketed with overnight reservations and high nightly rates, raising questions about occupancy limits and whether the site was operating as a boarding house rather than a church-related use.
During public comment on the county's zoning update, resident Steven Sadler told the commission that a property purchased in spring 2024 by Jeff and Susan Mcwing and later conveyed to a nonprofit called Experience Reality had been marketed online with overnight reservations at Keer Lake. Sadler said the listing showed a main floor and basement breakdown with overnight options priced at "$750.00 a night plus a $250.00 cleaning fee," and that his lawyer told him such a use should be limited to 12 overnight guests under applicable rules; Sadler said he had seen listings suggesting up to 30 people stayed there last spring.
Sadler said he previously raised the matter with the zoning commission and was told that because the site was operating as a church it had been given a "free pass," a claim he presented to the commission as part of his concern about neighborhood impacts. The public hearing record does not show a formal follow-up or enforcement action taken at the meeting; the zoning office noted it had received several phone calls on the zoning-ordinance application but the commission took no separate action on the complaint during the hearing.
