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Proposal to rezone about 116 acres for a 13‑lot industrial park prompts design and buffering questions
Summary
D Williams Properties asked to rezone nearly 116 acres to industrial to create a 13‑lot park. Commissioners emphasized the need for detailed site plans, landscaping and buffering at the county border and along public roads before approval.
Barry Lord, representing D Williams Properties LLC, asked the commission to rezone 115.967 acres from A‑1 to I to develop a 13‑lot industrial park with individual lots ranging from about 5 acres to 21.12 acres near the Mataco West Industrial Park. Staff said the development would require engineered site plans, stormwater management, paved driveways and curbed entrances at the site‑plan stage.
Commissioners pressed for stronger landscaping, frontage treatments and buffering where the development will be visible from U.S. Highway 98 and where it abuts Jackson County. One commissioner urged that conditions be written to ensure attractive frontage because the site is the first thing travelers see entering the county from Jackson County. Staff said specific industrial uses were not yet identified and that requirements would be established on a per‑lot basis when buyers propose building plans.
The commission asked staff to document required engineering and landscaping standards in the administrative record and to return with recommendations for conditions that would apply at rezoning or site‑plan phases.
