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Madison County planning board reviews a slate of rezoning and conditional‑use requests before Oct. public hearings
Summary
Staff reviewed more than a dozen zoning applications — including family splits/ADUs, a commercial truck-parking proposal that drew heavy opposition, an equine-therapy conditional use, and a proposed RV park on the Broad River — and the board scheduled public hearings for Oct. 20–21, 2025.
At its Sept. 21 meeting, the Madison County Planning & Zoning Board heard staff presentations on a slate of rezoning and conditional‑use applications that will be considered at public hearings on Oct. 20–21, 2025.
Tracy Patrick, administrator, walked the board through numerous requests ranging from small family splits and accessory-dwelling-unit (ADU) conversions to more contentious commercial proposals. Many applicants sought dual rezonings: splitting small tracts into R‑1 or business parcels while rezoning the retained acreage to A‑2 to bring lots into compliance with minimum‑acreage rules.
Key proposals discussed: - Commercial truck/RV parking (213 Duncan Clendell Road, Commerce). Kimberly Reyes, on behalf of Marco Reyes, sought to split a roughly 3‑acre parcel from a 13.07‑acre site and rezone that portion to business to operate a commercial parking area for tractor‑trailers, RVs and large vehicles. Staff said owners would not allow overnight occupancy and described a locked gate, office and vehicle‑storage layout; the remaining 10.7 acres would be rezoned A‑2 and used for a future dwelling. Patrick told the board the office and driveway/apron must be paved, a minimum 8‑foot privacy fence would be required along residential abutting lines, and gravel would be allowed for vehicle storage. Patrick also said the planning office had received “a lot of opposition” to this application from neighbors. - RV park and campground (0 Wildcat Bridal Road, Royston). Josh Smith, an applicant in the purchase process, presented a conditional‑use application for an A‑1 property that would include 54 RV sites and 10 campsites on the Broad River, with an on‑site host, an office, bathhouse/laundry building, and vegetative buffering between the park and neighboring properties. The applicant said the park would use a community well and a commercial sewer system, would meet the county’s RV‑park code sections (identified in the packet as a set of numbered code sections), and that neighbors would have opportunities to ask questions at the scheduled public hearing. - Equine therapy business conditional use (1194 Aderhold Rogers Road, Commerce). Paige Jobe applied to operate a small‑scale equine therapy practice on a 36.83‑acre A‑1 parcel. Staff described it as an agribusiness allowed in A‑1 with an approved conditional use; Patrick said Jobe plans to see a maximum of five to six clients per day, hold sessions outdoors, and build a small barn‑type structure for a lobby, restroom and office. - Auto repair shop split (3152 Lamb Edwards Drive, Calvert). Ronnie Kelly sought to split an approximate 1‑acre parcel around an existing 2,100‑square‑foot shop to establish a business parcel after code enforcement identified the operation as out of zoning compliance; the remaining acreage would be rezoned A‑R to bring the residence into compliance. - Multiple family‑split/ADU rezonings. Staff presented several routine requests where owners asked to split small parcels (typically 2–5 acres) for family members and to rezone retained acres to A‑2. Applicants included Kevin and Mandy Chandler; Dennis and Deborah Adams; Shane Errod; Derek House; Eugene Knight for Gail Hansen; Winford Carey; and others. Staff said most of these requests were consistent with the county’s rural conservation character area or otherwise intended to bring parcels into zoning compliance. - Poultry‑house variance (0 Sanford Nicholson Road). A variance request was discussed to allow two corners of a proposed stackhouse/staff house to be closer than standard poultry setbacks. Neighbors asked about topography and alternatives; staff said topography and a creek limit repositioning of the structure.
Board members asked questions about driveway access, road frontage, whether ADU permits are verified as family residences (staff said verification is not required under current rules), potential future subdivision of adjacent R‑1 parcels, and details of operations such as hours, gates and buffering. For applications that require conditional use or variances, staff emphasized that applicants must meet specific code sections (for example, the RV park application references numbered code sections for RV parks) and that additional plans — lighting, stormwater, fencing and paved aprons — would be required if permits are approved.
No final approvals or denials were taken at the Sept. 21 meeting; the board set the listed items for public hearings on Oct. 20–21, 2025, when applicants and members of the public may speak and the board will consider formal action.
