Richland County’s Natural Resources Committee voted to approve several small rezoning requests that formalize existing homes and septic systems being split off from larger farm parcels.

The committee approved a 0.6-acre split for Thomas Nee after staff said, “There is a house and septic and everything already there.” The record shows the remaining farm parcel will remain larger than 35 acres and a certified survey map (CSM) will be completed to document the division. A voice vote on the motion passed without opposition.

A second petition for an eight-acre split for Martin and Trudy Kinion was presented as moving from ag/forest to ag-residential; staff noted a prior CSM and a township representative confirmed the township’s unanimous approval on Nov. 13. Committee members also reviewed an Ithaca Township request to split off a rental house (about 2.44 acres) to provide direct road access and eliminate an easement, with staff confirming the CSM and township steps would be followed.

Committee members asked routine procedural questions — including whether a CSM was required, whether the remaining parcel met minimum-acre thresholds and whether township approvals were in place — and staff responded that required CSMs and township reviews have been or will be completed.

What happens next: approved rezones will be documented in county records and the staff will follow up to ensure CSMs are filed and any file corrections are made in the packet records.