Montgomery County hears rezoning request for 11.21‑acre Ross Lane parcel; staff recommends approval

Montgomery County planning staff presented a rezoning request for an 11.21‑acre tract on Ross Lane during the Board of Commissioners’ informal meeting on Oct. 6, 2025. The applicant, J and N Enterprises, applied to rezone the parcel from AG (agricultural) to R‑1 (single‑family residential); staff told commissioners the request is consistent with the county’s comprehensive plan and would tie into an already‑approved subdivision to the north.

"The staff does recommend approval of this because it's consistent with the comprehensive plan and does have a connection to the previously approved Jackson Hills subdivision to the north," said Jeff Tyndall, planning staff, while showing maps of the site and surrounding plats. Staff estimated a historic yield of roughly 22 homes on the 11.21‑acre parcel and said the property is in the planned growth area.

Tyndall described planned infrastructure and connectivity: the parcel would stub into the approved Jackson Hills subdivision and could, if needed and approved by the highway department, also connect to Ross Lane at a narrow 50‑foot frontage. He said a planned water upgrade in the area would serve the new subdivision and that gravity sewer would not be available until development of the subdivision to the north allows a tie‑in. Staff noted TDOT has granted a crossing for a future SR‑374 corridor north of the property but that TDOT engineering and acquisition remain future steps.

Commissioners questioned access and circulation. "Are they gonna connect with another parcel to Redwood Lane?" asked Commissioner Harper, to which staff responded the primary connection would be to the approved internal stub road into Jackson Hills and that any Ross Lane connection would require highway‑department approval and likely improvements. Commissioner Burkholder asked about the SR‑374 right‑of‑way; staff pointed to TDOT acquisitions nearby and said the corridor does not currently clip the parcel but the corridor alignment will require later coordination.

No members of the public appeared to speak for or against CZ152025; the commission closed the public hearing at the meeting. The transcript records staff recommendation and discussion but does not record a final roll‑call vote on CZ152025 during the Oct. 6 informal meeting.