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Madison County approves conditional rezoning of 0.94-acre remnant near Livingston; deed restrictions attached to address church concerns
Summary
The Board of Supervisors voted Dec. 16 to rezone a 0.94-acre remnant next to a larger C-2 parcel along Highway 22 to C-2, finding a clerical mapping error. The board attached deed-based restrictions requested by neighbors and the property owner and emphasized that any site plan will be reviewed under the normal approval process.
Madison County supervisors voted Dec. 16 to correct the zoning of a 0.94-acre remnant adjacent to an existing commercial parcel on Highway 22, rezoning the small parcel from A-1 (agriculture) to C-2 (general commercial) with conditions recorded as deed restrictions.
The change stemmed from a petition by the property's owner seeking to align the parcel with the larger, 3.53-acre parent tract that is commercially zoned. Steve Smith, attorney for the petitioner, told the board the 1964 zoning map and the county's land-use plan indicate the lot was intended to be commercial and that the A-1 label resulted from a clerical error. "At no time may the minimum lot size be reduced to below 1 acre or require any additional dimensional variances," Smith quoted from the county ordinance to underline why the 0.94-acre parcel was effectively unusable under A-1 zoning as written.
Why it matters: The remnant parcel abuts Damascus Church and a nearby children's activity center. Church leaders and nearby residents raised traffic, safety and land-use character concerns during public comment, asking the board to require…
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