Commission denies permit for Elon wedding, photo venue
A special use permit request for a couple to operate an Elon home and greenhouse as a venue for weddings and photo shoots and host short-term rentals received a recommendation of denial from the Amherst County Planning Commission.
The commission’s vote Feb. 15 came after a public hearing where several residents raised objections with a use they said disrupted their quiet residential area on Phyllis Lea Drive in the Elon area. The applicant, Alexis Fisher and her husband, had operated without a permit, according to Tyler Creasy, the county’s director of community development.
“This comes up a lot in our office. Individuals don’t know that they need to have special permission to do these types of events and I believe that is the case here,” Creasy told the commission.
Fisher said the couple turned the greenhouse into a successful business and immediately fell in love with the property several years ago.
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“We wanted to make an offer even before we entered the front door,” Fisher said. “The beauty here in Elon is absolutely breathtaking.”
The 1920s-era farmhouse would only be rented out to brides and their families and accommodates no more than six guests because of
