Area planning board certifies Edna Mills rezoning request to commissioners
Jun 3, 2026
Planning staff recommended and the board voted unanimously to certify a petition to change a flood-prone Edna Mills property from neighborhood business (B1) to rural residential (R1), citing the site’s conversion to a single-family home, floodway location and septic limitations.
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Planning staff told the board the property in Edna Mills had been converted to a single-family dwelling though it remained zoned B1, and is largely inside the mapped floodway with a septic system last repaired in 2006. Staff said the Clinton County comprehensive plan designates the area for low-density residential uses and recommended certifying the rezoning request to R1 to legalize the existing residential use and reduce the risk of the property becoming blighted.
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