County rejects requested land use change for nearly 500-acre site

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County rejects requested land use change for nearly 500-acre site

The landowner, Chris Ryles, of Baker, initially had proposed building 691 single-family homes on the property if the future land use map change and accompanying rezoning request were approved. Before the commission voted on this item, it heard from more than a dozen residents who live near Ryles’ property and opposed his requested property use changes. One of the residents, Lane Watkins, who lives in the Silver Springs area just south of Garden …