Madison County planning staff review multiple rezoning requests for family home sites

Madison County planning staff on March 18 presented a slate of rezoning requests from homeowners seeking to split parcels to create home sites for family members, prompting repeated questions about road frontage, easements and compatibility with the county comprehensive plan.

County planning staff summarized each application, which included requests to rezone small portions of larger A-1 or AC parcels to AR or R-1 in order to create separate, mortgageable lots for aging parents or children. Applicants described sizes ranging from 2 acres to 5 acres taken from parent parcels; staff flagged recurring technical issues: several of the subject parcels are flag lots with limited road frontage and rely on recorded easements for access.

The applicants included Levon Petterson (requesting a 1.5-acre split from a 6.64-acre parcel at 102 Neath Commerce Road in Commerce), John and Amy Dawg (a 5-acre split from 33.83 acres), Eduardo Basabal (a 4-acre split from 12.33 acres at 0 Duncan Swindle Road), Brooke York (two separate…