The Brown County Area Plan Commission approved a rezoning application for Rawhide Ranch on State 135 South on October 26.
The property was designated residential (R1); however, the petitioner wanted it rezoned to general business (GB).
New owners of the property, ADF Construction Indiana, also revealed their plans for Harmony Tree Resort, an environmentally-friendly tourist destination that offers 200 accommodation options on the 56-acre site.
There’s a vacant lot, a commercially developed lot, and two adjoining lots with single-family homes.
Rawhide Ranch was developed under three special exceptions to authorize different business uses. Two additional lots ADF purchased contain single-family houses.
A few proposed commercial uses will require ADF to fall under GB or accommodation business (AB) zoning. The current special exceptions do not allow wineries or restaurants to be built on the property.
The site is expected to include rooms made of shipping containers, A-frame cabins, primitive camping facilities, a winery on site, two restaurants, a café, spa, horseback riding, botanical gardens, and a wedding center.
Commercial driveway permits were handed to and ratified by the state in the year 2001.
Analyses of soil have been carried out for the structures that the current owners want to build, and the results were submitted to the state.
The room was filled with sixteen people during the meeting, which included three residents. Five people spoke in support of the business, and one was against the rezoning request.
The following night, the Brown County Board of Zoning Appeals rejected a request for a special exception to allow a 185-site luxury RV park.
The Salmon Room at the Brown County Office Building was packed on October 27 with 40 people.
For over an hour, residents voiced their opposition to the plan, with the majority of them having property in the proposed park in the field off Old State Road 46 near the intersection of Clay Lick Road.
Stephen Alexander, the petitioner, was requesting an exemption for a private recreational area on 20 acres of his 71.76-acre land.
The property is within town limits and designated business (B3), a warehouse, and service commercial use classification. In this zoning, all business-related uses that are general are permitted, as are commercial parking structures, car salesrooms, drive-in restaurants, storage warehouses, fuel stations, and tourist homes, as per the town’s zone ordinance.
A proposal for “new buildings” at Alexander’s Old 46 property was on the November 4 agenda of the Nashville Technical Review Committee.
Let’s chat about the Brown County zoning situation! Locals raised concerns on traffic and noise linked to the new attractions, leading to the RV park rejection. ADF Construction might need to tweak their plans for Harmony Tree Resort to match zoning rules. Let’s see how it unfolds!
It’s exciting news! The Brown County Board of Zoning Appeals greenlit adding a winery and cool accommodations to the Harmony Tree Resort project. This move jazzes up the area’s tourism vibe!
Check out the scoop on Brown County’s tourism scene. Get the lowdown on Harmony Tree Resort’s approval and why the luxury RV park proposal got nixed by the zoning board.