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Simpson County officials advance zoning text amendments to restrict duplexes in agricultural zones
Summary
Planning and Zoning Administrator Carter Munday recommended limiting duplex construction in agricultural zones to one duplex per 10–100-acre tract and requiring development plans to begin within six months of a GIS zone-change update; the Fiscal Court agreed to send the proposals to the Planning and Zoning Commission.
Planning and Zoning Administrator Carter Munday presented proposed amendments to Simpson County’s Planning and Zoning regulations at the Fiscal Court meeting on June 21, 2022. The chief changes would (1) limit duplex construction in Agricultural zones to one duplex per 10–100-acre tract (matching the existing restriction for mobile homes) and (2) require that, when a zone change or ordinance requires a development plan, activity implementing that plan must begin within six months of the county’s GIS map update or the property will revert to its former zoning and the applicant will not be refunded the associated zone-change costs.
The Fiscal Court reached consensus to begin the formal rulemaking process by referring the proposed text amendments to the Planning and Zoning Commission for review. If the commission approves the amendments, the proposals will return to Fiscal Court as an ordinance for possible adoption.
County officials said the drafting aims to align duplex rules with existing mobile-home provisions and to ensure that approved development plans move to active implementation rather than remaining dormant after a zone change. No formal ordinance was adopted at the June 21 meeting; the next step is action by the Planning and Zoning Commission.
