Walker County Commissioners Court granted a variance to Mark Norris that allows the existing 80‑foot access strip along Monroe Road to be split into two 40‑foot access staffs, enabling a boundary division of his property.

Norris explained he wanted to split an 80‑foot access into two 40‑foot staffs so each resulting parcel would have frontage. County staff and several commissioners examined existing easement patterns and noted the 80‑foot strip meanders along the roadway and that private, overlaying easements remain in place. Andy, county planning staff, emphasized the court was not eliminating any private easements with this action.

Commissioners discussed future implications — particularly the possibility that successors or purchasers could change access arrangements — and said the county’s action addresses the immediate variance request and does not alter underlying private easements or title. After discussion, the court approved the requested variance by voice vote (recorded as motion carries).

County staff reminded the applicant that any future redivision would be subject to the same subdivision rules and might require additional variance requests if frontage was reduced again by subsequent subdivisions.