Neighbors oppose mobile home request at 410 Firetower Road during conditional‑use hearing

Brandi and Phillip Spillers appeared before the commission at a public hearing on May 27 seeking a conditional use permit to place a mobile home as a primary residence on a 15‑acre parcel at 410 Firetower Road. Planning and Zoning provided a letter recommending approval and staff confirmed the parcel is zoned R‑R and that application requirements were met.

Phillip Lee Spillers told the board they currently live in Columbus and hope to move to the property because his wife works from home; they said building a conventional house is not affordable now and that they plan to set the mobile home on a concrete slab.

Neighbor Mark Henson, who lives at 455 Firetower Road, spoke in opposition. He said he has “nothing against the Spillers” personally but voiced a neighborhood concern: "I just isn't for mobile homes at all ... Mobile homes depreciate, and when they get vacant and abandoned it makes the county look ugly." Chairman Charles Coffey said he had received a text from an adjacent landowner noting that the neighbor’s property is in CUVA (Conservation Use Valuation Assessment) and that the text expressed concerns but did not prevent the public hearing.

Outcome and next steps: The hearing concluded and was adjourned; the minutes do not record a final vote on the conditional use permit. The board listed the item for future consideration on the June agenda, and Planning and Zoning documentation will remain part of the record.

Context: The application follows a division of a previously larger tract (50 acres) into smaller parcels; the county’s conditional‑use checklist and Planning and Zoning recommendation were attached to the presentation.