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Adams County panel approves multiple rezones; utility substation expansion among items sent to full board
Summary
The Adams County Planning & Zoning Committee approved several parcel rezones — including requests for a Christmas-tree sales corner, a 37-acre split, an industrial rezone for an electric substation expansion and a multi-parcel family split — and forwarded each to the full county board for final consideration July 21.
The Adams County Planning & Zoning Committee on July approved several rezoning requests and forwarded them to the county board for final action July 21.
Dusty, the county zoning official, described each application and noted that the relevant towns and the Department of Transportation raised no objections. The committee approved a request by Keith and Pamela Whitaker to rezone a parcel in the Town of Preston from R-1 single-family residential to B-1 rural business so the Whitakers can sell wholesale Christmas trees from a corner lot. Dusty said the Town of Preston and DOT had no concerns.
The committee also approved Carol May Leforge’s request to rezone a 37-acre parcel (to split it along a creek so a neighbor may acquire one side), after Leforge told the committee she planned to divide the property into roughly 21 and 18.5-acre parcels and that both resulting parcels would have access.
An industrial rezoning request from Adams Columbia Electric Cooperative (agent: Atwell) cleared committee review after Dusty explained the property in the Town of Monroe contains an existing electric substation and cell tower and that the cooperative seeks an I-1 industrial designation to permit an expansion. A nearby property owner, Glenn Fischer, asked how close an infiltration basin would be to his eastern lot line; Dusty measured the plans and said the basin begins roughly 44 feet from that line and offered to connect the neighbor with project representatives for more detail. Dusty cautioned the committee that the vote concerns whether industrial zoning is appropriate; specific site plans and permitting will follow any rezoning and must comply with the county ordinance.
Lastly, the committee approved a multi-parcel rezone requested by a group of family owners to split acreage and reclassify portions into A3, A115 and B1 districts to enable a sale and future development. Dusty said the Town of Springville did not object and DOT commented only on existing driveways.
None of the approved items received substantive public opposition during the committee hearing; each approved rezone will be considered by the full county board at its July 21 meeting. Dusty said that if the board approves, applicants will still be required to meet ordinance and permitting requirements before construction or use changes could proceed.
