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Committee recommends rezoning 11‑acre Burnt Church Road site; members flag potential displacement of about 39 mobile‑home households
Summary
A proposed rezoning for an 11‑acre site on Burnt Church Road that would replace two mobile‑home parks with a 50‑lot single‑family subdivision was recommended to county council by the committee. Members noted staff estimates roughly 39 mobile homes on the site and raised concerns about displacement and housing options for residents.
The Natural Resources Committee voted to recommend approval of a zoning map amendment for about 11 acres on Burnt Church Road that would consolidate split zoning and enable a proposed 50‑lot single‑family subdivision.
County planner Rob Merchant told the committee the property currently contains two mobile‑home parks comprising multiple rows of units. "There are approximately 40 mobile homes in the two mobile home parks," Merchant said; later in discussion a committee member reported having counted roughly 39 addresses on the parcel. Staff said the property is served by sewer and water and that the rezoning was intended to resolve a split‑zoning boundary that did not follow current parcel lines.
Merchant cautioned that the property is developable under current zoning, but that the zoning map amendment would remove the split zoning and likely facilitate the applicant’s proposed single‑family subdivision. Committee members expressed concern about displacement: one said the households on site are "rental" units and asked what would happen to those residents if the owner sells and redevelops.
Staff and the committee agreed to forward the recommendation to county council; the committee asked staff to verify the number of households on the site before council consideration and noted the displacement concern would be relevant to council deliberations.
