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Commission recommends approval of 229-acre rezoning for long‑time family farm, with telecom permit condition
Summary
Planning staff recommended and the commission recommended approval of a request to rezone roughly 229 acres on Mount Olivet Road from R-2 conditional to GA; commissioners added a condition to preserve an existing special-use permit for a telecommunications tower.
The commission recommended approval of a rezoning request that would change approximately 229 acres on Mount Olivet Road from R-2 conditional to general agriculture (GA). Staff said the site is largely agricultural and that converting to GA would return the property to its historical use. The property owner and petitioner, Kenneth Cooper (speaker 6), told commissioners the farm had been in the family for "100 years" and that he intended to continue agricultural uses, including cattle.
Staff also noted that the site currently carries a conditional use permit for a telecommunications tower that had previously been approved; the commission adopted a motion approving the rezoning with the specific condition that the special use permit associated with the telecommunications tower carry forward to the new zoning. The motion passed by voice vote. The planning commission's recommendation will be forwarded to the governing authority with that condition.
