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Commissioners approve 1-acre rezoning near Clifton Bridge to allow manufactured home; conservation easement complicates options
Summary
The board voted to rezone a one-acre parcel from R-1 to RR (rural residential) to allow a manufactured double-wide home; the applicant and staff discussed an underlying conservation easement on the larger parcel and tax implications of breaching the easement.
Jones County commissioners approved a request May 6 to rezone a one-acre portion of a larger parcel from R-1 (single-family residential) to RR (rural residential) so the owner could place a manufactured double-wide home on the site.
Planning staff presented the item (P-1), saying the rezoning request concerns property off Jasmine Drive behind the Clifton Bridge subdivision; the total parcel is part of a larger 74.79-acre holding. The Planning Commission had recommended approval.
Owner/applicant Roger Robbins addressed the board and explained the larger parcel is covered by a perpetual conservation easement that limits development across the tract and that the one-acre rezoning was intended to enable placing a manufactured home on a constrained portion of the land. Robbins said the conservation easement restricts division or transfer of the property and that breaching the easement would trigger tax penalties; he told the board he had limited options without a change in zoning.
Board members asked follow-up questions about whether a variance or agricultural zoning would permit the proposed home. Staff said they could not fully advise without the planner Tim (not present) but that rezoning the one acre was commonly used and the county had to coordinate with the conservation easement holder. After public comment indicating no opposition, commissioners moved and seconded approval; the board voted in favor.
Ending: Staff indicated the county will coordinate with the conservation-easement administrator and provide documentation to the applicant on any conditions required to ensure compliance with easement terms and tax rules.
