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Owner seeks family split; county says existing easement exempts parcel from driveway paving requirement
Summary
Andrew Saunders asked to split 5.6 acres from a 40.97-acre tract for a family home site; staff said the split uses an existing recorded easement that predates the county’s driveway ordinance, so paving and road upgrades are not required.
At a Madison County zoning hearing, Andrew Saunders requested rezoning of a 5.6-acre portion of a 40.97-acre property from A1 to AR so the acreage can be split for a family member’s home site.
County staff told the hearing the 5.6-acre parcel will be served by an existing recorded easement that already serves three other tracts. That easement was platted and recorded in February 2022, before the county adopted its driveway ordinance in May 2022; staff said the easement is exempt from the driveway ordinance and will not require paving or county road upgrades.
Staff also noted the property’s earlier parcel history: the larger 95-acre parent parcel was previously subdivided and that the three-year waiting period for additional splits had expired, allowing the requested split. Saunders told the board he has no plans for future splits and indicated he would accept a condition preventing further division if the board requires one.
Commissioners asked whether additional splits would trigger subdivision and road improvements; staff explained that further subdivision using the easement could require the owner to bring the access up to county standards and potentially pay for improvements. No formal vote on the rezoning was recorded in the provided transcript segment.
