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Morgan County panel moves to recommend rezoning of 9-acre Pierce Minor Plat
Summary
A local governing body heard a public hearing and moved to forward a favorable recommendation on rezone petition Z25-01 to the county commissioners. The request would change a 9-acre parcel from Agricultural to R-1 to reduce front-yard setback requirements and allow two home sites; a restriction would prevent further subdivision.
A member of the Morgan County governing panel moved to recommend approval of rezone petition Z25-01 for a 9-acre parcel known as the Pierce Minor Plat; another panel member seconded the motion, and the panel closed the public hearing before the motion was made.
John Larson, an engineer with Holloway Engineering speaking on behalf of applicant Clay Jones, said the request seeks to change the parcel's zoning from Agricultural (Ag) to single-family residential (R-1) to obtain a shorter building setback. "This is for the 9 acres known as Pierce Minor Plan," Larson said. "We are seeking a rezoning from Ag to R1 in order to get more favorable setback requirements." He also said the plat was approved by the planning commission in January by what he believed was a unanimous vote.
The rezoning would reduce the applicable front-yard building setback from 35 feet under the Agricultural designation to 25 feet under R-1 zoning, Larson said, enabling the developer to place two houses south of a drainage ditch and to create slightly narrower lots. Larson added that the applicant proposes a restriction that "the lot shall not be further subdivided" to protect neighboring property owners.
During the public portion of the hearing no members of the public registered substantive objections on the record and the panel closed public comment before discussion. A member said the panel's action would be to forward a favorable recommendation to the county commissioners; another panel member, identified in the record as Jason, seconded that motion. The transcript does not record a roll-call vote or a final tally on the motion.
No specific site address beyond a partial reference of "634 East" was given in the record. The panel did not provide additional findings in the transcript about traffic, utilities, drainage or other technical conditions that could affect the commissioners' final decision. The county commissioners will receive the panel's recommendation and consider the rezoning request at a later meeting whose date was not specified in the transcript.
