Remarks by Billie Jo Underwood
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Well, this is just an actual request for change of use. I completely understand. And all those things would be addressed if that 400 and something acres were to be asked to be subdivided. But all we're doing is changing the use of 400 and something acres.
I'm going to make a comment as well. Concerning subdivisions, as far as we have passed new subdivision regulations in January of 2025, I don't really think we're seeing the benefit and the fruit of that yet. And there was one mention that was over there. It was approved prior to the 2025 subdivision regulation upgrades and those were considerable improvements that were made to the subdivision regulation so the old approvals that are in place now and some of those that you may some of you in the audience may even be living in some of those subdivisions I'm not going to ask you to show your…
Mr. Chairman, I make a motion we approve this request.
One more question. One more thing. I would just encourage that just because this got approved as a County, it takes a very, very long time for subdivision process and the city of Spanish fort can
Mr. Chairman, I just want to make a comment that there's been many, many times when we see a piece of property that is farmland and when you look at the natural drainage that flows across there. I'm, I'm a CPA by trade. I am not an engineer, but I listened to engineers and they explained to me how that that's how the good Lord made that prop property. And that's the drainage that's coming across that property. And but then comes along man and man is gonna have to take care of that if he's going to develop that property. And so that's what those subdivision regulations, are for, and that's why…
You know, this property was voted into zoning in 2023, just a little over three years ago. And... You are zoned RSF2 right now. You could apply for a PRD and you could achieve your 12,500 square foot lots if it was, I'm making sure my planning staff is, I'm not giving you bad information, but I concur with Jeb that there is absolutely nothing that could prevent you from doing 10,000 square foot lots. lots on a regular subdivision. So that's all.
The objection is between 10,000 and 15,000 square foot lots. As far as how you configure those and you lay them out and you go through the subdivision processes, that's a whole different step. You're already zoned for residential single family two, which was created during the platting, the map process when this came under zoning and everything around that has the same coloring just about, you know? And so the fact that there's a potential, if there's a potential hardship or something on your property, that would be addressed in a PRD. So I mean, you know, if this vote goes against you, you…
Not under, but that's the whole point of doing the PRD.
That is a, that is a possibility. So, I mean, you know, I, I'm not up here to give you advice, but I mean, you know, you're the one that's going through with this application and you stand a chance of getting it approved, you stand a chance of getting it denied. And if it's denied, you've got to wait a whole year before you can reapply for this piece of property. Or you can withdraw it and go back to the drawing board.
Or you don't have the option to withdraw it, you can request that from this body.
That's not a guarantee, but you're already zoned for RSF 2 at 15,000 square feet. You've got that in your pocket. You want to subdivide it in that arena, which is a whole lot further than these people trying to go from rural agriculture to RSF 1.
I'm not going to, there's going to be, by the time you come back, these guys sitting beside me ain't going to be here. I'm going to be here. Lord willing, if he gives me health.
Aye. Do y'all draw straws or you just got the... Go put your form animals on there for me. Oh, no.
Wait, you said we could go to the bathroom, didn't you? Okay.
I do have a question. I was trying to, I see you've zoomed it out a little bit on this locator map that's on the screen versus the one that was in our packet. Yes. I don't see any residential zoning classifications anywhere near this. I know we see this beloved BCZ, but that's why I needed to see a bigger picture there, so thank you.
It's not the size of the lot. There's lots of non-conforming lots that are zoned a particular classification it's just I was trying to see if there was any type of a a residential RSF one two three four five six you know that's what that was the question okay I'm very aware of non-concern because this just came into this just came into zoning a few years ago yes ma'am thank you thank you so are you speaking on behalf of the app yes well how many acres is this
It's not a track home development. I mean, it is a split. And since you're got, don't have enough to do two, one, two acre lot, you can't do the family. Is that right?
And I don't think it's big enough to do one anyways, even if you didn't already in an existing one. Okay, I'm good. Thank you.
I have a discussion on this first. Okay. I just feel like that in this area that once you bring in one of the residential single family uses is definitely gonna potentially create a domino effect. So that was my concern when I was looking for the surrounding areas. I'm not a big fan of BCZ, but it exists in this area, so thanks.
Appreciate you bringing that up, but thank you. Don't take me seriously.
Okay. You made your motion. I'll second the motion, but I'd like to discuss your discussion. Well, it's up to the chairman.
I would just like to say that in this area in Rossington, I am, I do applaud the desire to stay agriculture. But an RSFE doesn't steer far from an agricultural, there's things you can actually have in RA, like a dog kennel that you can't have in an RSFE. And I can assure you that in this very area, I can't tell you how many complaints I've got because there's dog kennel, not very far from there. If I'm thinking of the right area, am I thinking of the right area? Is that where the big, pretty poodle dogs live and get sold? I mean, it's been arduous. So RCFE is more of a rule setting. It's not,…
Was there not an ability to do a state division on that?
Yeah. But on a, on a family estate, is there not a, an exemption for that? Shouldn't this be an exempt subdivision?
Okay, not even on a, because that's really what family subdivisions were really created for was these kind of purposes. I was just checking to make sure. Okay. Because I really hate to change a zoning classification when there's, you know.