Centerville council rezones Moss family lot for two single-family parcels

The Centerville City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt Ordinance 2025-10, rezoning about 0.72 acres at 2041 North Main Street from Agricultural Low to Residential Low to allow a two-lot subdivision, the applicant said.

The rezoning matters because it removes an agricultural restriction that would have otherwise prevented the owners from dividing the parcel into two single-family lots, each roughly 14,000 to 15,000 square feet, according to the city staff report and the applicants.

Sydney, a city staff member who presented the staff report, said the lot is currently developed with a single-family home and a large shed and that the applicants proposed splitting the lot into two parcels. She told council that the Planning Commission reviewed the application and moved to recommend approval; staff supported the rezone based on the surrounding single-family pattern and the expectation of little or no impact from the change.

Clark Moss, one of the applicants, told the council the property is family land: “I grew up in the house at 2041,” he said, and described the applicants’ intent that a family member build and live on the second lot. Moss asked when council would decide; the mayor replied the council could vote that night if it chose not to continue the matter.

After the public hearing—during which no members of the public appeared to comment—the council voted to approve the ordinance. The motion adopting Ordinance 2025-10 as read in the meeting passed unanimously.

Council members also discussed Planning Commission participation earlier in the meeting; one councillor noted repeated 4–0 commission recommendations with three members absent and asked whether the city could improve participation. City staff said they would raise the topic with commission leadership and report back.

The rezoning ordinance takes effect according to the city’s normal ordinance schedule unless the council specifies otherwise.