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Tazewell County Planning Commission approves two subdivisions, recommends Dogwood Avenue be vacated
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Summary
At its April 14 meeting the commission approved the Crab Orchard/Fisher & Company and McReynolds subdivisions, granted a sewage-variance for the McReynolds parcel for farm use, and recommended the Board of Supervisors consider vacating Dogwood Avenue; votes were unanimous 5–0.
The Tazewell County Planning Commission on April 14 approved two residential/farm subdivisions and recommended that the Board of Supervisors consider vacating a little-used local road.
Ms. June Thornhill presented a subdivision of Historic Crab Orchard property to transfer 0.521 acre from parcel A36 (leaving 8.979 acres) and 0.739 acre from parcel A35 (leaving 6.261 acres) to Fisher & Company. Kenneth Dunford, the county’s director of engineering, told commissioners the parcels front a state-maintained road and have existing water and sewer, so no variance was required; he recommended approval and asked that the $112 subdivision fee be waived because Fisher & Company is a nonprofit. County Attorney Chase Collins also recommended approval and requested the fee waiver. The commission voted 5–0 to approve the Crab Orchard/Fisher & Company subdivision.
The commission then considered a separate request from Anita McReynolds to purchase adjoining property from the Altizers for farming. Dunford recommended approval but said a variance would be required for sewage disposal. Collins noted there is a right-of-way from Naples Drive and that water service is available, but confirmed the need for a private sewage variance. The commission approved the McReynolds subdivision and granted a variance from Subdivision Ordinance provisions (Sec. 4-2 and Sec. 4-4-5) by a 5–0 vote, with the record noting the property will be used primarily for farming purposes.
McReynolds also asked the commission to recommend vacating Dogwood Avenue, which she said has never been used. Collins told her that surrounding property owners must be notified and a public hearing scheduled; McReynolds acknowledged she had not yet notified neighbors. The commission voted 5–0 to recommend the Board of Supervisors consider vacating the avenue and referred the matter to staff to arrange notices and a May public hearing.
Votes and who voted: all recorded final actions on the Crab Orchard subdivision, the McReynolds subdivision and the vacation recommendation were approved by Members Ann Robinson (chairperson), Robert "Bob" Moss (assistant chair), Maggie Asbury, Eddie Pauley and Charlie Hart. Members Jason Herndon and Darrell Addison were absent.
Clarifying details recorded in the meeting: the Crab Orchard transfer sizes (.521 acre and .739 acre), the McReynolds parcel’s farm use and existing pond, the subdivision fee request of $112 for Crab Orchard (outcome of fee-waiver request not explicitly recorded in the motion), and the specific Subdivision Ordinance sections cited for the sewage variance (Sec. 4-2; Sec. 4-4-5).
What happens next: the Crab Orchard and McReynolds subdivisions are approved by the commission and will proceed through typical recording or administrative steps; the Dogwood Avenue matter will go to the Board of Supervisors with required neighbor notifications and a public hearing to be scheduled in May.