Oconee County Planning Staff Not Recommending Approval Of Recreational Day Camp On Colham Ferry Road

The Oconee County planning staff is not recommending approval of a special use request that would allow for a horse farm with a recreational day camp on Colham Ferry Road south of Watkinsville.

The request is before the Oconee County Planning Commission and calls for construction of a multi-use pavilion, to be partially used as a farm management residence, eight cabins, a bath house, and an announcer booth and tack house.

Proposed facilities would allow for the day camp to include paintball, archery, zip lines, and a climbing wall.

The property and those surrounding it are zoned agricultural, and the staff report states that the development of a recreational day camp is not consistent with the agricultural activity in the area.

The Planning Commission is scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the Courthouse in Watkinsville.

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Pictured: Site of camp in blue.