The Jackson County Board of Adjustment on Aug. 25 denied a special‑exception request from Tom and Diane Fetterspeel to split the parcel at 2757040 Sixth Avenue and create a roughly 1‑acre residential lot that would not meet the A1 district minimum lot size of 2 acres.

The Fetterspeels told the board they want to sell the house and outbuildings to a grandson while retaining surrounding agricultural land. “We'd just like to do the 1 acre so he can have what he wants,” the applicants said, noting the existing well and a recently replaced septic system sit on the smaller piece.

Board members and staff said the proposal would create a nonconforming lot and could produce long‑term problems for future owners. Multiple members raised concerns about a shared driveway and a shared well agreement, and about who would maintain or access structures that sit near the new property line if relations between future owners deteriorate.

Becca, zoning staff, told the board that the A1 district requires a 2‑acre minimum lot size and that the current proposal would reduce the lot to roughly half that requirement. She also said there are no proposed changes to structures or utilities and that access and emergency response were not anticipated to be affected in the short term.

Board members discussed past similar approvals in rural areas and noted those cases sometimes led to additional splits or long‑term complications. After closing the public hearing, a motion to deny the special exception was seconded and the board voted to deny the request; the board recorded that it would not grant the requested waiver to create the nonconforming lot.

The Fetterspeels were given time to discuss next steps with staff. The county record shows the parcel would remain in agricultural zoning without the requested special exception; the applicants said they plan to consider other arrangements to keep the farmhouse in the family while retaining surrounding farmland.

No formal appeal deadline or next procedural step was stated on the record during the hearing.