Commission approves broader mailed-notice radius and corrects sign requirement for rezoning notices

The Williamson County Planning Commission approved a text amendment to Article 3 of the zoning ordinance that would expand mailed notice for map (rezoning) amendments. Under the adopted language staff recommended, mailed notices would extend to owners within 500 feet of the subject property's property line instead of only directly adjoining owners.

Staff said the intent is "to provide better and broader outreach to those affected by the proposed map amendment," and outlined existing notice methods including newspaper publication, posting on the county website and calendar, and a sign on the property. Staff also noted a correction to the ordinance: the table previously indicated a sign was required for map amendments, which staff said is a mistake and the corrected language specifies that no sign notice is required in that table entry.

The planning commission approved the change by voice vote and recommended the attached resolution be forwarded to the Williamson County Commission for adoption. The staff presentation indicated the expanded mailed-notice radius and the correction are intended to address county-commissioner concerns about neighbors not receiving adequate notice of map amendments.