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Commission declines rezoning request for 12.65-acre Greenhaw Road parcel after planning commission recommended denial
Summary
At a Jan. 21, 2025 public hearing the Franklin County Commission did not approve a request to rezone roughly 12.646 acres on Greenhaw Road from Agricultural to R‑1 after the county's planning staff and the regional planning commission recommended denial under the county Growth Plan.
A public hearing Wednesday evening at the Franklin County Annex drew discussion over a rezoning application for approximately 12.646 +/- acres on Greenhaw Road (Map 57, Parcel 43.00) that would have changed the parcel from A (Agricultural) to R‑1 (Single Family Residential).
Aleisha Putman, who appears in the record as the applicant's agent, presented the request, and a neighbor or applicant supporter, Travis Perusee, spoke in favor of the proposal. Planning and Zoning Director Eric Bradford told the commission the Franklin County Regional Planning Commission did not recommend approval. As Bradford put it in the department notice included with the packet, "THE FRANKLIN COUNTY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION DID NOT RECOMMEND IN FAVOR" of the rezoning because the site lies within the county's Rural Area under the Growth Plan.
Minutes from the regional planning commission meeting on Nov. 26, 2024 show commissioners discussed allowable uses, lot sizes, and access; the planning commission voted to forward a negative recommendation to the county commission. During the county public hearing, attendees asked how a change to R‑1 would affect lot types and property values; surveyor Thomas M. Ore explained that an R‑1 district would restrict mobile homes, which he said was a concern for some neighbors.
A motion to approve the rezoning as presented was recorded in the county minutes as made by Commissioner Bruce McMillan but was marked "FAILED LACK OF MOTION" in the official record; the package of staff materials and the planning commission's negative recommendation therefore remains the controlling administrative advice to commissioners. The board took no further action to adopt the requested zoning change and the parcel remains zoned Agricultural.
Why it matters: the parcel sits inside the Franklin County Rural Area, an area that planning staff said is not recommended for infill residential rezoning under the county's Growth Plan. County commissioners and planning staff cited that plan and utilities/access considerations when discussing the request.
The public record for this item includes the Planning & Zoning notice under TCA 13‑7‑105, the staff report (which describes access to Decherd Water service and the lack of nearby fire hydrants), the submitted survey and GIS maps, and the Nov. 26, 2024 Regional Planning Commission minutes recommending denial. The commission did not schedule further action on Jan. 21 and no vote to rezone was recorded.
