Board approves special exception for indoor pickleball and golf business near Little River residences

Applicant Gary Latham described plans to open an indoor pickleball and golf facility that would operate primarily inside large indoor spaces and said hours would likely end at 10 or 11 p.m. Staff noted the property is within 500 feet of residential use, which triggers the special-exception requirement for on-site consumption of food or beverage. The board and staff added conditions including no outdoor dining or beverage services and no outdoor amplified sound without a separate permit; the special exception was approved with those conditions.

Board members sought assurances that activities would be contained indoors and that late-night operations would require police pre-clearance; Latham said the business model is indoor-focused and that any outside events would be permitted separately. The approval included standard conditions to limit outdoor impacts and a staff directive to record the typed edits from the meeting.