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Madison County planning panel forwards multiple rezones and variances, denies one setback request
Summary
The Madison County Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval of several rezoning and variance applications — including poultry-farm rebuilds, accessory dwelling rezones and an industrial park — with one variance denied; the body sent recommendations to the Board of Commissioners and attached a light-industrial condition to the IDBA rezoning.
The Madison County Planning and Zoning Commission on the evening considered a packed agenda of rezoning and variance requests and voted to forward recommendations on several items to the Board of Commissioners, which will take final action on June 1. Chair Kenola Scott presided.
The commission approved a recommendation to rezone 4.46 acres at 435 Gosnell Hutto Road so applicant Kenneth Gosnell may place a second home as an accessory dwelling unit; no public opposition was recorded. The panel denied a setback variance requested for a barn-type structure at 1654 Leckey Jones Road (applicant Conrado Arolino), voting 3–1 to recommend denial to the Board of Commissioners.
The commission recommended approval for a series of poultry-related variances: Mark and Tasha White’s variance to site a compost/stackhouse closer than the 300-foot setback was recommended for approval; Cullen and Nicole Bryant’s request to replace a poultry house destroyed by an ice storm was also recommended; and Tyler and Amanda Hall’s request to rezone 151.68 acres to build four poultry houses was forwarded with the commission’s recommendation. Harold Hunt’s request to rezone 18.8 acres to allow a second home was recommended for approval as well.
For agenda items 7–11 — five parcels assembled by the Madison County Industrial Development and Building Authority (IDBA) for a proposed industrial park along Highway 72 West — the commission voted to recommend approval but attached a condition limiting development to light-industrial uses as defined in the proposed Unified Development Code. Mike Pruitt, county attorney, and other board members discussed wording and the commission asked staff to refine the language before the Board of Commissioners hearing.
In the final major item, a variance to preserve a 6.355-acre irregular lot (applicant Kevin Gordon, represented by Gary Harvin) was recommended for approval after neighbors raised complaints about on-site business activity, traffic and stormwater. Commissioners limited their decision to the lot-shape standard and advised neighbors to pursue code-enforcement channels for operational complaints.
All motions and tallies recorded by the commission will be presented to the Board of Commissioners at its next public hearing; the commission’s votes were recommendations only.
