Madison County supervisors approve rezoning for 60-acre McMillan Road tract with conditions

The Madison County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 on Aug. 18 to approve a rezoning petition for a 60‑acre tract off McMillan Road, changing the parcel’s designation to R‑1B and attaching conditions including a 40‑foot no‑cut buffer along Hathaway Lake and a 2,000‑square‑foot minimum house size.

The decision came after more than an hour of public comment at a formally opened public hearing. Katherine Anzenberger, who said she and her husband live at 128 Frisco Street and represent adjacent homeowners, urged the board to uphold an appeal of the Planning and Zoning Commission’s recommendation. She told the board that “rezoning is a drastic measure, justifiable only under specific and limited circumstances,” and argued the petitioner had not shown a “clear and convincing” public need or a substantial change in neighborhood character.