MARSHALL – Campgrounds may seem like a good use of land in Madison County. But there is a lot to take into account when proposing one.
Madison County Board of Adjustment Chair Ben Smith said he was going to give an applicant proposing a campground project more time in a continued meeting to amend his application to address concerns raised by the board.
But in a continued meeting Jan. 8, the board felt those concerns were still not addressed and unanimously voted to reject issuing a special use permit to the applicant.
Marshall Mountains Campground proposed for Marshall’s high-density residential district would have been the last campground project approved for the district, after the Marshall Town Board voted to remove campgrounds as a special use in the Residential 1, R1, district.
Marshall Mountain Campgrounds proposed six campsites on roughly 40 acres — only 10 of which would have been used — at 830 Redmond Road, though the property itself is more than 100 acres.
The property is owned by Brian Gaines, owner of developer Black Walnut Forest.