Planning and Zoning Meeting - Regular Meeting

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Thank you, Lord, for this day that you have granted unto us. Lord, as we go into the We ask that you will be with us in all that we say or do. In your name we pray. We say together. Amen.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Consideration for the minutes of August. Motion to approve. Second. All in favor?

Have it. Site plan. AWS. Good morning. Can you guys hear me? Okay. I'm Abby Lubbert from Kimley Horn. I'm the project manager for the civil development uh for the data center campus off of MS22 in Madison County Parkway. We have a phase three site plans mill that includes five data center shelves. Um, and those are just north of the fulfillment center over across from the highway. Any questions? Any opposition? Motion to approve.

I move that we will petition. We would approve the petition request. I'll second. All in favor? I have it. So it is. Thank you. District 51 site plan.

Good morning. I'm Daniel Waldridge. I'm the architect for the project for district 51. We are asking for approval for our site plan. Uh there's a we have a site that's uh about 48 and a half acres. We got it uh planned out in phases and we would like to have approval today for phase one which is a retail building that's along Highway 51 and then a second building that is a office warehouse building.

Questions? Daniel submitted a color rendering here that wasn't in your packet. I think y'all have it here. I'll include that in a minute. Yeah, the these uh this this building you're looking at, this uh building along the highway is a a totally brick building, all four sides. The second building is three-sided with brick and the rear would be a metal siding. The rear Any questions? Any opposition?

Motion to approve. Second. All in favor? Thank you'all very much. Motion to open public hearing. So move. Second. All in favor? James Robinson.

Good morning. My name is James Robertson. I own approximately 95 acres on Gus Green Road. Uh I built a house there last year, moved in. My daughter's in the process of building a house there now. I gave her 26 acres of that 96. But I wanted to get approved for a third of an acre. Raise that mic up a little bit.

I wanted to get approved for a third of an acre to for a family cemetery. I know there's what I've read there's the shortest cemeteries in the country and my brother's buried at Trey Cemetery right now by himself and I want to move him out there to be with his family. Do you know what the capacity will be? How many graves would It's a third acre. Uh it's it's they say it's a lot. I don't know exactly how many. Uh probably 20 graays. There won't be that many. Family. Just my family. Just my immediate family.

And I'm going to put a cyclone fence around it once it's approved. I got an interest coming from Gus Green for any visitors. I'll have another private from the back. Is it visible from the road? It is, but uh it'll be uh well maintained. How far are you from the church? Uh there's a church over there. It's pretty good way. Good way. Okay. You have anything out there right now? Uh my house is right out there right now. I've got a barn there as well on that land and I just in the process of finishing a little shop as well.

Any neighbors close by? And my daughter's in the process of building a house as well. Closest neighbors entrance is several hundred yards and it's not visible. This is kind of as you go over a hill and down a hill and it's it's visible from the road. There's cedar trees on both sides but it's not really noticeable. You have a question. Any opposition? Motion to approve. Second. All in favor? Eyes have it. Thank you.

GST Capital Partners Good morning. Uh my name is David McGee uh here this morning u on behalf of uh GST Gulf South Towers and uh we are requesting conditional use in an I2 heavy industrial zone to build a new 255- ft wireless uh communications tower. um location is off uh in the Karnney Park business district kind of like industrial park there um on the north side of Livingston Vernon Road. The site itself is proposed off of Dixon Road inside that park. This is a build a suit for T-Mobile who was trying to improve their coverage in the area. Uh their bullseye was actually kind of just north of uh the Livingston Vernon Road for Lilot Road split and uh that area has a lot of uh Urggon property, a lot of uh Kernney Park uh lake is there and uh we looked for you know a spot right there but it was just all residential and estate type lot. So, we found this location on the kind of the west edge of the search area that was owned industrial that uh worked for T-Mobile and uh so that's what we're proposing. Um let's see the uh it will uh require light at its height. U it will have a dual mode light turns red at dusk kind of a lazy blink so so

as not to disturb the neighbors. Um and uh the nearest towers in this area, excuse me, there's uh it's almost four miles Burilia Road. Uh one we did, I think I came before this board on several years ago. Uh and then going the other way, nearest towers just under three miles away. So there's not a tower right there, you know, which we could colllocate. So, but uh this this location is uh that park has a a tree line on the east side and then has some trees, you know, kind of uh between it and Bilia Road. So, the most the lower half will be be shielded from view by by from the road and and from neighboring properties. So, feel like it's a pretty good pretty good location. happy to answer any questions.

Any questions? The opposition. Mr. McGee, I think when you were here before, uh, we had spoke to you about in the past on cell towers. We've had to make sure you guys have room or allow Madison County's emergency responders, first responders, uh, room for their equipment on there. You didn't have any objection at that time. Would you have any objection on this? No, sir. No objections. So, you know, space permitting, that's that's no problem. Motion to approve. Second. All in favor?

So, it is. Thank you. Turkey Ridge.

Good morning. I'm Harry Wilson with the FC&E Engineering representing Turkey Ridge. Mr. Mr. Elmore, we're in the process of seeking conditional use for a uh expansion of his currently permitted mine on uh Highway 22.

So, you already have a mine there, right? We have we have an existing mine there that was um expanded in 2024 and we're going to expand it one last time. um uh you know, uh assuming that we get all the permits from DEEQ and a local zoning here today. So, uh it's connected address.

It's actually the the new expansion area is actually adjacent um right next to the currently permitted and active mine site. So, it's right there in the exact same location. It looks like back behind away from the road, a little bit further back north and east of the existing mine site from the map. So really there's not a lot of going to be a lot of new action there. But those mines are, you know, you do those in se sequentially as you move move through the mine mining area.

Questions? Any opposition? Motion to approve. Move that we uh approve the petition request. I'll second. Re Brown. I would suggest that you uh obviously these guys have been here before, but the normal stipulations applies to flagmen. No Sunday hall and daylight hours, those types of things.

We can do all of the above. I believe that the flagman issue has been investigated before, but MDOT won't allow that, I believe. Um, but we do do have all the posted signs and and are pay paying very much attention to being safe.

Thank you very much. That's an approval, right? To move. Thank you. Michael R. Smith.

Good morning. My name is Owen Lawler, attorney. I represent Michael R. Smith, Senior, owner of a track of 89.53 acres uh running between Old Jackson Road and Interstate 55 uh just south of the Canton City line. We're seeking the U uh reszoning from A1 to I2. I note that there was a typo on the agenda. It says R2, but the applications go to I2. This is a piece of agricultural land that's been in the family for since 1950, but there's been significant change in the character of the neighborhood since uh the adoption of the zoning ordinance in 2019. and um including the recent uh placement of uh Energy's 230 kilowatt power line which runs across our property. And uh more recently, we've seen the property immediately south of ours uh reszoned for Utah construction to uh locate their corporate headquarters. And on the north side, the Partridge Properties, um Southern Sky is recently opened their uh grow facility, if you will. Um and so we we think it's quite appropriate to uh change the uh zoning

on this property. Uh we're working in concert and upon the recommendation of Micada to provide some uh additional uh opportunity for them to locate new industry uh on the property. There is no specific u plan for the use of the property at this time. You said who work with who? Uh Madison County Economic Development Authority. Mada

any questions? So you just want to reszone. You're not planning anything particular for that. That is correct. And you said both north and south properties are already zoned in that it no um I believe it was uh C2 on the Utah property and C3 C5 on the north side. That C5 is a city designation. City of C. Correct. So that's why it looks why it looks different.

Yeah, that's we don't have a C5. It's just that's their city designation. It's in the city limits. Yeah, this this property is located just south of the city limits of C. You have questions? Any opposition? Come up to the mic. State your name.

Good morning. Morning. My name is Diane McMerry. I live at 965 Jackson Road, right across the street from his property. And I want to know what effect is that going to have on us as homeowners? I mean, I'm here and there's several other families that live on the same side of the street. We on one side and his properties on the other side. And I would just like to know with this reszoning, is that what effect that's going to have on us as land owners? Maybe I can answer that. I'm Andy Clark. I'm attorney for the commission.

Uh, that's a really broad question first of all, but if I can answer it in a way that's helpful. That's what I'm going try to do. Um, the zoning application is for that specific piece of property only. Okay. Okay. And I mean only the meets and bounds description of that.

And as he's just stated, they are they're obviously making plans for the future to be able to sell that or develop it on their own or whatever it is that they may want to do. as long as their intended use or requested use fits within the I2 zoning if that's what the commission reszones that to today subject to the board of supervisors approval. Okay. So at this particular time they don't have any specific use or building or a factory or any of those types of things on that property. Now, how that would affect your property is the broader question, and it would not affect it at all as far as your zoning or your use or your um ability to maintain your home site there. Uh I would tell you that you have the same opportunity that they do, you know, in the event that you wanted to have your property resed and sell it and, you know, capitalize on that. I know that's probably No, I've been there 50 years. It's my mom home now. I don't plan to leave it. So, I just that's why I'm just trying to, you know, get an understanding.

But it's it's not it's not okay. Taxes are going to remain. Now, I can't say that that they're not going to go up on taxes. Okay? That's that's not what I'm saying at all. Understand? But how your property is taxed is the same, okay? And will be the same. But you're welcome to stay right there in your house as long as you want to for another 50 years. Thank you. Yes, ma'am. Thank you. Any anyone else? No one else.

Yeah. Drive. But what I'm going to say, they have certain thing they can put there. You know, they they they ain't saying what they going to put there. is in the developing the spot. Well, what happens is they said when they get ready to put whatever go there, uh they would have to come here and you would have opportunity to come back as well. Come back to see. All right.

Yes. So, that's a it's a multi-step process. This is step one and this is the beginning point. They have to get this property reszoneed if they want to do certain things to it. They've just told us here today that they don't have anything specific in mind, but when that comes up, they'll still have to come back with a site plan or, you know, something else that's going to show us what they want to do with it. They're just not at that point yet.

Yeah, we will we will not be involved in the development of the property. We're trying to get prepared so it can be uh made available uh in conjunction with Madison County Economic Development Authority. And I think it serves the public interest to have these properties which you know it's been in the Smith family since 1950 75 years. U it's time to put it to better use. Any other questions? I'll entertain a motion.

Second. Been moved to approve. All in favor? So it is. Thank you.

LH Harris. I'm Lonnie Harris with LH Harris Construction and I'm here for a conditional use permit for a mining operation on McMillan Road. We have what used to be an existing lake out there. The dam's busted and it's dried and we want to mine the dirt out as we rebuild this lake. So, you just want to redo the lake? We're rebuilding that lake and getting the dirt out in the process to make it deeper and make it more usable.

Question is familiar with the hours operation. So, you've been a dirt man around here for a long time. Too long. Any opposition? I entertain a motion. I move that we will grant the petition request. I'll second moving properly. Second. All in favor? I have it. So it is. Thank you. Catfish a lake.

I I don't think anybody I don't think he made it today. Uh you don't mind table? Okay. Motion to table. So move. I'll second. All in favor? I. Motion to close public hearing. So move. Second. The hearing closed. Motion to approve the 13th 2nd Thursday of November. So move. Second. Favor. So it is. Motion to adjurnn. So move.