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Land Use Committee recommends perfection of four Jackson County rezoning ordinances to allow new residential lots
Summary
On Feb. 24 the Jackson County Land Use Committee voted to recommend perfection of ordinances 59-61, 59-62, 59-63 and 59-64, each rezoning small rural tracts to residential districts to permit new single-family lots; the Planning Commission had recommended approval and no members of the public offered new testimony in committee.
The Jackson County Land Use Committee voted Feb. 24 to recommend perfection of four ordinances that would rezone small rural tracts to allow new single-family residential lots.
The ordinances — 59-61, 59-62, 59-63 and 59-64 — would rezone four separate parcels from District Agricultural or District Residential Ranchette into residential districts appropriate for smaller single-family lots. Randy Diehl, Planning and Development with the Public Works Department, briefed the committee on each item and said the Planning Commission had recommended approval for all four. No members of the public offered new testimony at the committee public hearing; committee rules limited testimony to comments not already made at the Planning Commission hearing.
Ordinance 59-61 would rezone a 10+ acre tract at 3021 South Buckner Tarsney Road from District Agricultural to District Residential Estates so the applicant can create three single-family lots, each roughly three acres; Diehl said access to Buckner Tarsney Road (Route BB) is controlled by the Missouri Department of Transportation and a subdivision plat was under review. Ordinance 59-62 would rezone about 6.29 acres at 31202 East Pink Hill Road from District Residential Ranchette to District Residential Estates to allow the creation of two single-family lots; Diehl said the original lot had been established in 2015 and the proposed split would produce two lots smaller than the five-acre minimum for Ranchette zoning. Ordinance 59-63 would rezone a 5+ acre tract at 4810 North Hunter Road from District Agricultural to District Residential Ranchette so the home may be sold on a five-acre parcel while the remaining acreage stays agricultural. Ordinance 59-64 would rezone a 5+ acre tract at 34705 East Mabry Road from District Agricultural to District Residential Ranchette to place an existing dwelling on a five-acre lot and return the remaining five acres to surrounding farm ownership; Diehl said nearby parcels were rezoned to District RR in 2023.
Committee members moved and seconded motions to recommend "perfection" (the procedural step to refine an ordinance's language) for each ordinance; votes were taken by voice and each ordinance was recommended for perfection. Because the committee limited testimony to new information not previously presented to the Planning Commission, no public speakers addressed these items in committee. The committee chair noted that, absent objections from members, the four ordinances could also be forwarded for adoption in the regular session the same day.
The ordinances reference the county Unified Development Code as the zoning standard and rely on the Planning Commission's prior review and recommendation. The staff presentation identified site-specific constraints such as state-controlled access on Route BB for the Buckner Tarsney Road parcel and noted that remaining acreage on several properties would remain zoned agricultural and be shown as tracts on the plat.
If the county legislature moves forward, the next steps are perfection (the committee recommendation) and then possible consideration for adoption in the regular session, followed by final plat/subdivision review as required.
