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Commission recommends future-land-use amendment and rezoning to let Jones family place manufactured home
Summary
The commission recommended a small-scale future land use map amendment (CPA24-00005) and a concurrent rezoning (REZ24-00013) requested by Daniel and Ashley Jones to allow a manufactured home on their parcel; staff recommended approval and both measures passed unanimously and will be forwarded to the Board of County Commissioners.
The Putnam County Planning Commission recommended approval of a small-scale future land use map amendment (CPA24-00005) and the companion rezoning (REZ24-00013) for a parcel owned by Daniel and Ashley Jones.
Planner Jennifer Gazzello said the applicants seek to revert the parcel’s future land use and zoning to agricultural to allow placement of a manufactured home as their primary residence on the six-acre parcel; agricultural estates zoning does not allow typical manufactured homes but agricultural zoning does allow similar uses by right. Staff’s GIS check showed portions of the property in FEMA Flood Zone A (a special flood hazard area) and Zone X, and about 2.5 acres of wetlands. Staff recommended approval of both the comprehensive-plan amendment and the rezoning as consistent with the county comprehensive plan and compatible with surrounding development.
Applicant Daniel Jones told the commission he and his family want to place a manufactured home on the parcel and live there with their three children; he said they plan to site any home in higher, drier areas away from mapped wetlands. Commissioners asked about the property’s zoning history; staff explained the larger parcel was rezoned around 2001 and later split; the current lot was created by deed after that rezoning and the applicants previously obtained an administrative variance from the Administrative Deviation/ADC that allowed building despite the split. Commissioners also discussed whether private deed restrictions or homeowners’ association rules could prevent a manufactured home; staff clarified the county cannot enforce private deed restrictions. After discussion, the commission approved the CPA and the rezoning by unanimous vote and will forward both items to the Putnam County Board of County Commissioners for final action on February 25, 2025.
If approved by the BoCC, the change would permit the parcel to be eligible for building permits under agricultural zoning rules that allow the intended home type.
