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Hickman County commissioners reject rezoning for Bates Trail parcel after resident objections
Summary
Commissioners voted 3–10 (one absent) to deny Resolution 25-12, a proposal to rezone a property at 9231 Bates Trail from A-1 agriculture/forestry to R-1 suburban residential after residents raised traffic, access and lot-size concerns during public comment.
Hickman County commissioners voted 3–10, with one member absent, on April 28 to deny Resolution 25-12, a request to rezone a parcel at 9231 Bates Trail in Lyles from an A-1 agriculture and forestry district to an R-1 suburban residential district.
The rezoning request, sponsored at the meeting by Commissioner Danny Clark and Commissioner Paul Callicott, drew public comment from nearby residents who said the narrow road, a blind curve and existing drainage and septic questions make additional housing there a safety and infrastructure concern. "We have a farm ... there's a lot of traffic on our road," resident Carolyn Ann Vaughn said during the public-comment period. "We don't need any more where it would not be clean." Leslie Hudgins, who said she sent materials by email to commissioners, told the commission the proposed development would fall on a blind curve and called the project a potential hazard.
Commissioner Danny Clark, one of the sponsors, said he intended to vote no because of the access point on the road. "All my phone calls have been about the road," Clark said. A staff member responding to a commissioner’s question said the proposal had met the technical standards used by the planning commission: "It checks all the boxes," the staff member said.
During roll call, the commissioners recorded votes by name. The final tally was 3 yes, 10 no, 1 absent, and the resolution failed.
Why it matters: The denied rezoning preserves the parcel’s agricultural/forestry designation and keeps the county’s current access and road-safety concerns in force for that site. Residents at Bates Trail publicly urged commissioners to prioritize road safety and parcel integrity over additional residential development.
What’s next: The planning commission and county staff may continue work on the countywide land-use plan and on clarifying access-point rules; commissioners discussed the land-use plan timeline earlier in the meeting but did not adopt new access rules at this session.
