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Madison County commissioners approve a slate of single-property rezones and lot splits
Summary
At the Aug. 4 meeting the Madison County Board of Commissioners held public hearings and approved multiple rezoning and lot-split requests covering small- to mid-size parcels in Districts 1 and 2, including requests to allow accessory dwellings and family transfers.
The Madison County Board of Commissioners held public hearings and approved several rezoning and lot-split requests on Aug. 4, voting to grant individual property ownerspermit changes and splits after planning and zoning recommended approval in each case.
Staff reported that Brandon Barry requested rezoning of 7.53 acres at 270 Stella Henley Road in Danielsville (Map 37, Parcel 105B) from A-1 to A-R to allow an accessory dwelling for a family member; the applicant spoke in support and no one spoke in opposition; planning and zoning recommended approval 4-0 and the board approved the rezoning after a motion and second.
Other approvals included an 8.2-acre split at 788 Racetrack Road (to create two 4.1-acre tracts for a family transfer), an A-2/A-R split and combining of parcels at 2771 Friendship Church Road, and several combined dual-rezone requests and minor-variance requests for parcels on Sanford Nicholson Road and other local rural addresses; in each case planning and zoning recommended approval 4-0 and the board voted to approve as presented.
Planning staff announced that items 1 and 2 on the zoning docket were withdrawn before the public hearing. Commissioners asked procedural questions about driveway access and ordinance consistency on two applications; staff said the board retained authority to grant frontage variances where the ordinance allows.
All of the individual rezoning requests discussed at the meeting were presented as landowner-initiated, followed by public hearings in which no oppositions were recorded for the items that came forward. The board recorded motions and seconds on each item and announced the motions carried; no ordinance-wide zoning changes were adopted during these items.
Why it matters: The approvals permit accessory dwellings, family transfers and parcel reconfigurations that affect landownership, tax parcels and potential future development at the property level; planners noted some applications required close review of access and frontage issues.
