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Planning commission approves multiple subdivision plats and forwards zoning recommendations; two contested rezonings carried over
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Summary
At its meeting the Jefferson County Planning and Zoning Commission approved a series of subdivision plats and several zoning recommendations to the County Commission, including a covenant amendment allowing a manufactured home at Rosedale Road; two contested rezoning items were postponed for further negotiation and quorum issues.
The Jefferson County Planning and Zoning Commission approved a slate of subdivision preliminary plats and recommended several zoning actions to the Jefferson County Commission on a mix of routine and contested items. Dozens of subdivision requests were approved by voice vote with no recorded opposition; two rezoning matters were carried over for future hearings.
Votes at a glance
- S250007 (Park Road survey, applicant William Carter) — 2 lots proposed at 1311 Park Road, Hueytown; motion to approve carried by voice vote; no recorded opposition.
- S250013 (resurvey of Tract 1, Work Bobo Estate; applicant Josh Howard) — 2 lots proposed at 542 Bailey Loop Road, Gardendale; approved with an exception to subdivision regulations to permit the two resurveyed tracts to be recorded with no road corrections.
- S250015 (Tyler Williams subdivision, applicant Mary Palmer) — 2 lots proposed in the 7900 block of Lehi Shore Drive and 5800 block of Cali Lane, McCullough; approved (exception noted in motion).
- S250016 (resurvey, applicant Chris Fleming) — 1 lot proposed at 191904 Mayflower Drive, Hoover; approved.
- S250017 (Weems resurvey, applicant Richard Weems) — 1 lot proposed at Rockdale Road, Bessemer; approved.
- S250018 (Powell resurvey, applicant Jeffrey Powell) — 1 lot proposed at 6471/6475 William Drive, Hueytown; approved.
- S250019 (Charles Burkett subdivision, applicant Larry Davis) — 3 lots proposed at Morton Road, Warrior; approved.
- S250020 (Grinder subdivision, applicant Stacy Grinder) — 1 lot proposed at 3908 Lindsay Loop Road, Bessemer; approved.
- S250021 (Woods subdivision, applicant Kevin Davidson) — 2 lots proposed at 1270 Buddy Vines Camp Road, Hueytown; approved.
- S250023 (resurvey at Cabins at Creek Camp Phase 2, applicant Rodney Cunningham) — 4 lots proposed in the 4500 block of Cabin Road, Bessemer; approved.
- Z250006 (2028 Pratt Highway, applicant Jeannie/Jeanne Joyner) — Remove split zoning (C-1 and R-2) and rezone entire parcel to C-1 for a proposed daycare center; staff recommended approval and the commission voted to forward a recommendation of approval to the Jefferson County Commission.
- Z250007 (5730 Rockdale Road, applicant Virginia Beck) — Request to amend covenants in an A-1 agricultural zone to allow a manufactured home and horse stable; the commission approved the change to allow a manufactured home with the exception that the covenant provision prohibiting electric fences within 10 feet of the property line remain in place.
- Z250008 (7623 Highway 79, applicant John Heron) — Remove split zoning (C-1 and R-1) and rezone parcel to A-1 for agricultural compliance; staff recommended approval and the commission approved the recommendation. A related subdivision (S25-0014) to create a single lot at that address was approved.
- Z250009 (West Oxmoor shopping plaza / convenience store with gas pumps, applicant represented by Russ Ware/Capstone) — The request to amend 1996 covenant restrictions to allow a shopping plaza and convenience store with fuel pumps could not proceed because a co-beneficiary of the covenant (a local church) formally objected; the commission postponed the matter so applicants and covenant holders can confer. Several nearby stakeholders, including the church and the owner of an adjacent assisted-living facility, raised concerns about covenant language, traffic, lighting and potential nighttime impacts to memory-care residents.
Most subdivision items were accepted after staff presentation and an announced public comment period in which no opposition was voiced for those cases. Where an exception to subdivision regulations was requested, the motion and clerk’s announcement recorded the exception text.
