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Commission approves Rhodes rezoning, denies Warner request after planning recommendation
Summary
Bedford County commissioners granted a C-1 rezoning for 2601 Highway 64 W (Rhodes) and denied a requested R-1 rezoning for a 219-acre tract on Montgomery Road (Warner); both votes were recorded by roll call.
The Bedford County Board of Commissioners approved one rezoning request and denied another Thursday, acting on recommendations from the regional planning commission.
The commission voted 18-0 to rezone 2601 Highway 64 West (Map 85 Parcel 32.00), a parcel owned by Tyrone J. Rhodes, from A-1 (Agriculture/Forestry) to C-1 (Rural Center District). The motion to approve was seconded and passed by roll call; the planning commission had forwarded the request with a favorable recommendation.
In a separate vote, the board denied a request by James and Christy Warner to rezone a 219.32-acre tract on Montgomery Road (Map 85 Parcel 1.03) from A-1 to R-1 (suburban residential). The Warner rezoning had been sent to the commission with an unfavorable recommendation from the planning commission; commissioners voted to deny the rezoning 18-0, preserving the parcel’s A-1 designation.
Applicant James Warner spoke to the commission in support of the R-1 request, saying falling commodity prices have made farming unprofitable and that the family has two prospective buyers: "one of the buyers wants to put chicken houses on it. The other buyer wants to put houses on it," Warner said. Warner told commissioners he canvassed nearby neighbors and secured signatures opposing chicken houses and that proposed single-family homes would be 2,700–3,500 square feet with brick exteriors and concrete driveways. He said preliminary soil-site testing indicated three-quarter-acre septic lots were feasible and that the developer planned three-quarter-acre lots rather than full-acre parcels.
Chris White, planning director, explained the planning commission's unfavorable recommendation for the Warner parcel was based on the county’s zoning resolution and the county’s urban growth boundary rules. White said, "The zoning resolution says that an R-1 subdivision has to be in or very near an urban growth boundary," and the Warner property is outside Shelbyville's urban growth boundary, which guided the planning commission's vote.
Commissioners and nearby residents also said that agricultural uses (including poultry houses) would remain permissible under state law regardless of some zoning outcomes; White noted that state rules and the county zoning resolution and subdivision regulations frame what the planning commission must follow.
Votes at a glance: - Tyrone J. Rhodes, 2601 Highway 64 W (Map 85 Parcel 32.00): A-1 to C-1 — APPROVED, vote 18-0. - James and Christy Warner, Montgomery Road (Map 85 Parcel 1.03): A-1 to R-1 — DENIED (remains A-1), vote 18-0.
Both items will be reflected in the county's zoning maps and administrative records; the Warner property will remain subject to A-1 rules until and unless a future application or amendment is approved.
