The Christian County Commission approved case 2025-0196, rezoning roughly 11 acres from A‑1 agricultural to AR agricultural-residence at the northeast corner of State Highway N and Girard Road. Planning staff said the area is compatible with surrounding single-family and agricultural uses, and the Planning & Zoning Commission had unanimously recommended approval at its Sept. 15 meeting.

At the county meeting the applicant — who identified himself as the property owner and said he and his family plan to keep land for livestock and build a home — told commissioners the request was intended to allow up to three developable lots; he said if three lots were not feasible he would pursue two. Planning staff said the rezoning itself would allow development consistent with AR district uses but that any future subdivision would be reviewed through the county’s subdivision and engineering requirements.

Planning staff highlighted that the parcel fronts State Highway N and Girard Road and that access on the state route would be under MoDOT jurisdiction while access on Girard Road would be handled by the county road department. Staff said there are no mapped sinkholes or floodplains on the property and that, as a rezoning application only, staff did not expect significant traffic or environmental impacts attributable solely to changing the zoning designation.

No public opposition was registered at the Planning & Zoning hearing or the commission meeting. Commissioners who voted to approve noted the Planning & Zoning recommendation and the relatively small scale of the request; the motion to approve passed unanimously, 3–0.

If the owner later pursues a preliminary plat or subdivision, those filings will be subject to detailed county review, road and stormwater requirements, and any applicable state permitting for wells or on-site sewage systems.