Planning and Zoning Meeting - Regular Meeting

Thursday, September 10, 2026

The Madison Planning and Zoning Commission reviewed several development requests, including private cemetery approval, workshop variants, and rezoning for a truck service area.

About this meeting

Government Body
Planning and Zoning Meeting
Meeting Type
Planning And Zoning Meeting
Location
Madison County, MS
Meeting Date
September 10, 2026

Transcript

158 sections

0:18 – 0:51Speaker 2

Thank you for this day that you have given us while we meet to discuss the affairs of the county. To help us make the right decision regarding the road to Seville. In your name we pray. Let's say it all together. The flag of the United States of America. a nation under God.

1:30Speaker 5

All those in favor say yes. All those in favor say yes.

2:01Speaker 3

First point in the order of the day, Archer Junior. Good morning. Tell us your name, sir.

2:17Speaker 2

I don't care.

2:31 – 2:45Speaker 5

Desidero, stiamo facendo domanda per le parti di famiglia. La nostra proprietà in qua è Road, alla fine di Road.

3:01Speaker 1

The sketch he gave us is half-acred. Is it correct for his cemetery? Half-acred.

3:35 – 3:49Speaker 4

I propose that this request for a private cemetery be approved.

3:49Speaker 2

Emotions have been laid.

3:53 – 4:09Speaker 4

All in agreement. Peterson.

4:30Speaker 1

My name is Dani Peterson and I live at 401 of Villa Road. I just want to change my zoning from A1 to A2.

5:06Speaker 4

Proponiamo una mozione.

5:16Speaker 3

C'è qualche opposizione? Secondo.

5:36Speaker 4

Yes, I agree.

5:36 – 5:49Speaker 5

The next point in the order of the day is Brian.

6:02Speaker 3

Brian finished.

6:03Speaker 5

Uh, we need a variant for the position of the laboratory at 68, I'll say.

6:07 – 6:21Speaker 3

It's asking for two distances from the borders for two different buildings. It's correct.

6:21Speaker 5

Yes, the workshop is right on the line of respect of 50 feet and the house...

6:27Speaker 4

So it doesn't satisfy him. does not meet the requirement for which buildings and accessories should be located behind the house.

6:36Speaker 5

Based on the line of respect, but both respect the rule of the 50 feet of Robbins.

6:50Speaker 4

So she says the frontal distance is fine. Yes, they are both behind the house.

7:05Speaker 5

The requirements simply state that any accessory building must be further back than...

7:09Speaker 4

So, a large design.

7:17 – 7:43Speaker 5

The line of respect... So both buildings are behind the line of respect of 50... It's just that the workshop touches the distance limit while the house is further back because right here there is the lake, there is a reference point that delimits it and a group of... So this was the best place to put the office, so it remains a bit hidden from the view of the lake and the neighbors on the other side of the road, leaving the house. A nice view of the lake.

7:44Speaker 4

That's just a road.

7:47Speaker 5

This is the road that comes from Robinson Road.

7:50Speaker 3

So what are we asked to do, from which descriptions?

7:58Speaker 5

Which is the ...

8:04 – 8:18Speaker 4

If I'm not mistaken, the conditions of the light do not allow them to respect the distances, that is, the front part of the workshop is actually in front.

8:30Speaker 5

Based on the distance provided by Robinson Road, they are both behind the legal limit, but technically in front of the house.

8:37Speaker 3

Further ahead than the house.

8:40Speaker 5

The conditions of the lot prevent him from putting the workshop behind the house.

8:45Speaker 4

So that's what he's asking.

8:50Speaker 5

We have a letter from the association of house owners about it. I saw it.

8:53 – 9:10Speaker 3

Now I see a small square building on the back, right at the bottom. to the right of the back of the house, towards the corner on the back. It will be a set-up for the boat, where I will keep my motorcycle.

9:10Speaker 4

That set-up should not be within the distance of respect to the land. I can't hear you. I'll take a look.

9:17Speaker 5

I see that the lateral distance is 10 feet, if I'm not mistaken. This is drawn with a distance of 25 feet, as indicated by the condominium regulations.

9:26Speaker 4

I thought the count... The regulations indicate 25.

9:33Speaker 5

The regulations of the community.

9:45Speaker 3

That's why I drew it as 25.

9:47 – 10:01Speaker 5

But I gave these plans to the... Okay. And it was based on the position of the lagoon.

10:19 – 10:36Speaker 4

So the association approved it. And they had no problems with it.

11:03Speaker 5

Yes, as I said, that's why I drew it like this, according to the regulations, but I read the documents of the Madison County and they were talking about 10 feet.

11:10Speaker 3

I didn't know who had the precedence.

11:13 – 12:32Speaker 2

I think your parties are valid, Madison above the parties, but in this case... General, as you certainly know, the Comission of Countess applies orders that can certainly be more restrictive than ours. So, it seems to me, looking at the thing that concerns the Countess, he has now satisfied all the requirements and Selako has given up. But this commission seems to have given up on its own requirements. It is within the control of me. Opposition. Presenting a motion.

12:32 – 12:56Speaker 3

All in favor say yes. Thank you. The next order of the day is GMS Supply.

13:03 – 13:34Speaker 4

members of the commission just like on this site there is a separate conditional use so we will evaluate the conditional use and then we will proceed with the plans of the site on that property in old jackson road it is completely recinted There are about 210 units total.

14:05 – 14:25Speaker 5

Other question? Who's looking for it?

14:34Speaker 4

I don't know what to say. I'm not sure if the motion is for Wim Karp.

14:48Speaker 5

Questions? There is opposition.

14:51 – 15:58Speaker 4

Present a motion. A motion has been presented. I propose that the site be approved. I support the second motion. Tutti a favore, dicono sì. Buongiorno, buonasera.

15:59 – 17:47Speaker 3

Mi chiamo Neil Bryant. Sono l'avvocato del signor Kendall. Our question aims to reclassify a portion of 15667 acres of property on the north-eastern side of the intersection between Interstate 55 and Highway 16. 7 acres are already classified as C2. We only want to reclassify portions R1 in C2. I am happy to examine the question or any question at request. The purpose of the question is to build a service area for trucks and, as indicated in the question, there is a considerable need for service areas for trucks in general in Mississippi, in particular in the Madison County. The Madison County is one of the only counties identified in 2024 in a MDOT study on the need for safe and legal parking areas for trucks. So let's think that this property is ideal. It is located at the intersection between an interstate highway and a roadway. With all the development in progress in the northern part of the Madison county, the Megasito, the Nissan and all the rest, there is only one service area. Once left alone, the next service area is in Goodman, so you have to get to the Old County. We think that it is in the interest not only of car carriers, but of all of us, that they have safe and legal places where to stop, rest and respect federal laws on driving hours. I would be happy to answer any questions. Maybe I ran away.

17:47Speaker 2

It could be too soon, but I saw the studio on the parking lot.

17:51 – 18:12Speaker 3

We already have a studio on the track. We haven't done it yet. We are based on the counts of the traffic of the MDOT, both the current ones on the web site and the historical ones present on the global level of 2020. And then again with 2020. The MDOT study on why.

18:21Speaker 5

Where is their property?

18:24 – 20:04Speaker 3

If you go north, about 5 miles north of Canton, leaving the I-55 on Highway 16, turn right. If you turn right on Highway 16 towards Canton, you are immediately on the left. It's not on the access road, it's on Highway 16. In July there was a land that this commission approved for reclassification in C2 for a camping park. immediately adjacent to the North property. So this small section is the only one in that quadrant that is not part of it, C2, and the rest of this property is the entire lot. I have a map, although it is a bit difficult to read in the request, but I have a larger version in the use plan of the future territory of the global plan, the entire property so this would be a further argument to say that with the current zoning the property is not in accordance with the use map of the future territory of the global plan this would bring it in accordance with the map The left document shows the current zoning. Green is R1. Gray is A1. It is a sort of diamond shape that includes the entire area in the map. Now there is the map of use.

20:27 – 21:50Speaker 3

a note on the question referring to a letter of availability of the unallocated CMU we have not received it yet they are working on the design because there is only a 3-inch water pipe and they will have to enlarge it to meet our expenses, which is fine I'm going to leave that letter until they have completed it So she says that her graphic indicates that the parking area for the truck next door is slightly beyond the capacity at the moment. That's what I know. The parking lot there is full of people. It's also a personal opinion. You find yourself in a rather complicated area.

21:50Speaker 4

It's right in the middle of the intersection, coming out of the highway.

21:55 – 22:24Speaker 3

This position would be used to alleviate if you are a truck driver and you are about to run out of service hours, you have to stop somewhere. And if you look at a satellite view, like on Google, of this gap where you are, there are trucks parked on the bench of the highway access ramp. Truck drivers will stop and park to respect federal regulations. Just because they are tired, I think they can drive 10 hours a day.

22:24Speaker 5

There are not enough car stops.

22:30 – 23:48Speaker 3

There are safe places where they can park. The congress approved what is called the Tison law in 2012 in response to Jason Rivenberg, a truck driver from Virginia who was looking for a place to park and parked in what he considered a safe area. The truck driver's passport said you could park in that service station. He parked there and was killed during the night for the seven dollars he had in his pocket. In response, the Congress approved the Jason law with which the Department of Federal Transport finances and gives priority to the collaboration between the Department itself and the states for studies such as the one on traffic of 2024 included in the question. So it is a federal priority to increase safe and legal parking for truck drivers and I think it is a good thing for the citizens I like it. I like the fact that truck drivers are well rested when they are on the road and they don't have to look for resources or places to stop. Well, I think it plays all the real community. federal funding for studies, to study.

23:49Speaker 5

So federal funding is used by the states and the federal government to study needs and cooperates, but there should be more.

23:54 – 24:11Speaker 3

I am not an expert in the federal funding mechanism. We are not receiving any federal funding. It would be nice if we received it, but this really needs to try to solve the problem, because it is a national problem and it is because it is an interstate problem.

24:18 – 24:49Speaker 4

no problem with this question if I had known that this would have happened I would have brought more people than my community we are 4 miles away from there and the trucks pass continuously And there's a lot of noise.

24:54Speaker 3

I don't think so.

24:56Speaker 4

I don't think so. I don't think so.

24:58 – 25:24Speaker 3

I don't think so. Go straight on the street.

25:24 – 25:40Speaker 4

There are many quiet people. Many shepherds live there. So with all that traffic due to the open air, I don't think it's good for the quarter.

25:48Speaker 3

You know, I should have been contacted before I left.

25:53Speaker 5

But maybe it's the future, maybe people's mentality will change, but you know... I understand.

25:56 – 26:42Speaker 3

I was only contacted by a neighbor, Mrs. Summers. I don't think she could be here today because she's a truck driver and she's on a trip. He expressed his support because he says he doesn't have a place to park the truck in his property. So I understand this concern. I perfectly understand that it is a very beautiful community. This property is located at the intersection between a state highway and an interstate. If I can't put a parking area here, where should I put it?

26:42Speaker 4

That is about the distance from the...

26:50Speaker 5

There are about 25,000.

26:51 – 27:07Speaker 4

I often drive there, very often. There is a huge stretch there. I see a lot of stolen cars. I also know the trucks.

27:24Speaker 5

It's close. It's in the Olms County. It's near the exit of Miami. Exit 21.

27:29 – 27:45Speaker 3

I think there are two on that side. I think there are two on that side. I think there are two on that side. I think there are two on that side.

27:45Speaker 4

I think there are two on that side. Exit to the north.

27:56Speaker 3

When I mapped it, I calculated that there are 20 miles from this position. When I mapped it from Canton to that exit, there were 25 miles.

28:03 – 28:14Speaker 5

And then 5 miles. 5 miles from us to Canton. This property.

28:18Speaker 4

In opposition.

28:31 – 29:27Speaker 1

My name is Elisa Wallace and my parents own a property on the crossroads, right there, almost in front of the 1567 Acre. We have many concerns about how the Fognaria network will be provided, because there is no public network there. And the water infrastructure, it turns out that the water ends up right there, where my parents' property is located. We are also worried, or rather I am worried, just as you said, for the neighborhood, the crime. There is a house right there in the property they own and who would like to live there, having a parking area for trucks right in front of it. And I would also like some details on the parking area for trucks. I mean, talk about a consistent parking area that will solve some of these problems in a very small mini market.

29:30Speaker 5

It will be a normal parking area for the truck.

29:35Speaker 4

It is not what is in your design.

29:45Speaker 5

If you want to ask your questions to the commission, just to answer your question, the reclassification is the first step.

29:53 – 30:19Speaker 4

The site plan will come next. She said that the water should be... The water should be potentiated. And so... The Fugnaria Sanità network.

30:19Speaker 5

It will be a local treatment with a irrigation field provided in the site plan.

30:24 – 30:55Speaker 4

The irrigation field will be far from... These are all preliminary data. But we are planning the irrigation field, so in July, when the campground was approved. Their irrigation field confines with this property. Our irrigation field will confine with the other. So there will only be two nearby fields, but it will be a local treatment. So it's on the north side of the property.

30:57 – 31:18Speaker 1

And with that irrigation field you can't, I mean, you can't confine with the property of someone else because it's not possible in the residential area. and in the residential you have to confine it within your territory. So I asked myself, is the commercial different?

31:21Speaker 2

This would also be a question for the police department. I don't have that answer.

31:25 – 32:03Speaker 1

So it is precisely there that I want to say that I agree with you on the fact that now it is quiet out there, you bring an area of ​​service, criminals and unrecommendable people arrive and I want to say, I think that The property that my parents own is probably the nearest residence, along with other houses and mobile homes right on the other side of the road that would be affected. And can you already hear the traffic on the highway? And with a service area right in front of it, it will only get worse.

32:10Speaker 2

Qual è il nome della proprietà di sua madre?

32:13 – 33:11Speaker 1

È nel trust irrevocabile di Joseph Nathan Cole e Shirley Cole. Mio padre è Nathan Cole ed è deceduto di mia madre Shirley Suddith Cole. E ha 84 anni. and I don't know how much, I think that in the letter there was written 168 feet, the distance by which he was warned. There are many other families who live in front of it, who probably did not go back into that radius and who, in my opinion, should have had the opportunity to say whether they were favorable or not. Because among the 168 feet, there are not so many who go back into that But 168 is a requirement. This is what the ordinance requires.

33:11Speaker 4

This is what the ordinance requires.

33:20 – 33:52Speaker 2

This is what the ordinance requires. I think that the requirements of the ordinance here have been respected as regards the publication.

34:04Speaker 4

Her parents are coming back. They're out.

34:07 – 35:26Speaker 1

They're coming back. We received a letter. My mother's health is getting worse. That's why we're here to talk to you about her. I have the insurance on her behalf. It's a double insurance between me and my brother. There is only one other thing to consider, and I understand what you said, regarding the fact that it is within the guidelines of what was necessary today on the Internet, on social media and on all those electronic things. There are many people who connect through these means because we are younger, but there are many people in that community who are older and do not have this possibility. I know a lot of them and I was the director of a program for adoptive grandparents a few years ago. Many of them were volunteers in that program, they are elderly and they do not have the ability to use the internet and social media. Some of them do not even have the educational background to understand what is happening here.

35:38 – 36:02Speaker 3

I would just like to point out that I am aware of the changes taking place in the northern part of the county of Madison, especially along the highway. If you continue along the highway, it is all rural.

36:14Speaker 4

Thank you to the Commission for your consideration. Thank you to the neighbors for coming to talk.

36:27 – 36:39Speaker 3

And I would like to emphasize again that 7 acres are already zoned correctly. We simply want the rest to be zoned in a coherent way with the 7 acres with the map of future use of the soil of the general plan.

36:39Speaker 4

How many people were there in total? I think there is a list.

36:51 – 37:33Speaker 2

And no one else answered? I just got a call from a lady. It's another person, but I don't know. They just wanted information. They didn't express themselves in any way. I'm waiting for a motion. I'm waiting for a motion. The motion has been approved.

37:33Speaker 5

All in favor?

37:35Speaker 4

Say yes. So be it.

37:40Speaker 5

So there were five.

37:44 – 38:01Speaker 4

Votes in favor? Mr. Braus. That was a motion to approve. Motion to approve.

38:12Speaker 2

Currently it borders with a residential area. We should insert some barriers.

38:20Speaker 4

It seems so.

38:28Speaker 5

I think it's in the order.

38:31 – 38:45Speaker 4

20 feet with recension. Green area. For the trees. Because it's a condition.

38:45Speaker 5

We have inserted it in the organization.

39:00Speaker 2

This is what you can do. You can take care of it during the site plan or you can take care of it right now. I tell you to take care of it.

39:09Speaker 4

It's up to you. So it's included. What do you recommend?

39:15Speaker 2

So, do you know where the commercial is reclassified?

39:35 – 39:49Speaker 4

So, at this point, I would like to insert it in the notion. And so, what is it about? With what?

39:49Speaker 2

Where does that residence end?

39:56Speaker 1

That the area of respect is... We said...

40:13Speaker 4

and in the South-East corner.

40:21 – 40:49Speaker 2

I say I want to make it an alternative, I want to make it specific for... for... So, he has already presented and voted in favor of such a question. If you intend to do it, I would suggest it. The motion is approved. Second.

40:50Speaker 4

So I propose to approve the condition. I propose to approve. Second. Can I talk for a moment?

41:01Speaker 5

There will be 50 feet of space.

41:02Speaker 4

I think this is what we can do. Keep in mind that...

41:11Speaker 2

So, how do I want to define an open green space? I want it to be grass or gravel. It can reach up to there.

41:42Speaker 4

Not to go back, but it's a matter of safety.

41:44Speaker 2

With a review, obviously, the landscape is more attractive, but a review would be more appropriate. For safety reasons... It's static.

42:12 – 42:24Speaker 5

But I think it was usually in a neighborhood situation.

42:43Speaker 1

I have heard that their concern concerns safety.

42:46Speaker 2

It seems to me that if there will be a review, this will partially solve the problem.

42:54 – 43:09Speaker 4

So, your order says that in district C2, in the lateral and posterior courtyards of the confining with any residential area, 50 feet that must remain open and arranged in green, approved by the administrator of the zoning along the lateral and posterior courtyards,

43:13 – 43:24Speaker 5

I'm just saying what the order says.

43:24 – 43:55Speaker 2

If you want to adapt it a little to this specific case, you can certainly. You're getting a little into the questions. related to the urban plan, but if you want to insert them now, obviously their plan, according to what you will decide today, they will already know in advance that they have to incorporate it.

43:55 – 44:08Speaker 4

And, being a condition of reclassification, in practice, it falls apart. You don't have to worry about what it says, because you can add the condition you want. Yes, these are the orders. What can you do?

44:20 – 45:06Speaker 2

So I think we can say that, rather than one or the other, we would like the condition to be in place. 50 with vegetation. What size? 8 feet. I have registered this as a motion by Amanda Jane.

45:06 – 45:37Speaker 3

All in favour? All in favour? Emotions on the floor, good.

45:37Speaker 4

Emotions on the floor.

45:43Speaker 3

Good. Convenience store.

45:56Speaker 5

Good morning. Quickly, make an idea of the miscontracting.

45:59 – 46:13Speaker 4

I'll show you my video. I'll tell you what it's about.

46:15 – 46:38Speaker 5

We propose to build a convenience store at the corner between 43 and Old Nature's Trace Road, in the northeast corner of that intersection. The signs are on the west side of that intersection. Un negozio di convenienza di tre mesi. Che è riquadrato con una pensilina a quattro postazioni, a doppia pompa di benzina, isole di riformimento. E otto postazioni.

46:38 – 47:06Speaker 4

Un negozio di convenienza. La ristorazione. It should be equipped with a 3D sprinkler.

47:07 – 47:28Speaker 5

We have already obtained the approval from INGOT for the entry from 43. We agreed with Bay Creek and the supply of the Fognaria network. East Madison will supply the water to the property and Atmos Energy will bring the gas.

47:43 – 48:13Speaker 4

There is a residential house. Yes, ma'am.

48:13Speaker 5

Adjacent, right?

48:17Speaker 1

The property?

48:18 – 48:40Speaker 4

As soon as they order one. I don't believe it. And your plans include a review? Along that one. Real settlement? Real settlement? Did you plan it? Yes, yes.

48:43Speaker 5

So I'm out to be it.

49:09 – 49:20Speaker 3

There is a thick line of trees between you and that residential house.

49:20Speaker 5

They are not mature trees. It is more than other vegetation. There is a thick line of trees between us and Olden Hatches Trace Road.

49:29 – 49:41Speaker 4

It's not really on the side, no. tra voi e quella casa residenziale. Il loro diametro sarà di 7-8 pollici.

49:43Speaker 5

Non c'è nulla di maturo lì dietro.

49:47Speaker 4

È su di loro o su di voi?

49:50Speaker 5

La maggior parte è sulla nostra.

50:14 – 51:22Speaker 2

We are at the corner of the city area. As far as the residential area is concerned, it was recently... Passare da 6 a 8 piedi. Passano la recensione di 8 piedi. Faccio questa proposta.

51:26Speaker 4

Proposta approvata.

51:29Speaker 2

Chi ha favore?

51:31Speaker 4

Grazie mille.

51:43Speaker 5

Let's start the date for the meeting of October.

51:54 – 52:08Speaker 4

This is due to the flea market. The current organization, in the meantime, is the C2MHS, or Casemore.

This transcript was automatically generated from the official public meeting video and is presented unedited. It reflects remarks made on the public record by elected officials, staff, and public commenters. Transcript accuracy may vary; view the original recording for reference.