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Board recommends cleanup rezoning for Needham property to remove split zoning
Summary
Union County Land Use Board recommended approval of a straight rezoning (RZ2025‑006) to remove a one‑acre light‑industrial split zoning from a roughly 42‑acre agricultural parcel so the owner can subdivide and sell a house lot.
Union County Land Use Board members voted to recommend approval of rezoning petition RZ2025‑006, a straight rezoning to make the Needham parcel uniformly RA‑40 and remove an approximately one‑acre light‑industrial split zone that sits on the corner of a roughly 42‑acre property.
Planning staff said the split zoning dated from earlier zoning and complicates subdivision and development; the owner seeks to subdivide and sell a 2.11‑acre house lot. Staff described the parcel as primarily agricultural with a stream and floodplain on the southeastern portion and said water and sewer are not available; future development would rely on well and septic.
Property owner (addressed as) Mr. Needham spoke at the meeting and said the split zoning prevented closing on a sale: "We had the house sold. We were planning on closing May 28. Found out we couldn't sell the house because of the corner lot. We're dividing 2.11 acres, the corner lot, the house, over to the graveyard, and it's still sold." Amanda Nelson, who identified herself as the prospective buyer, said she and her son planned to move in and "have no intention of changing anything about the property itself except to move in and live a quiet life."
Staff recommended approval, noting the rezoning would make the parcel consistent with the land‑use plan's rural residential designation and remove administrative complications that split zoning creates (setbacks and buffering within the same parcel). No members of the public opposed the request at the meeting. The board voted to recommend approval and adopt the advisory consistency and reasonableness statement; the recommendation will be forwarded to the County Commission for final action.
Staff recorded the following clarifying details: the parcel is roughly 42 acres with approximately one acre currently zoned light industrial at the corner; the owner intends to subdivide a 2.11‑acre house lot for sale; Jerusalem Church Road carries about 150 vehicles per day and Section 218 carries about 2,100 vehicles per day; there are streams and floodplain on the southeast of the parcel; public water and sewer are not available.
