SHERIDAN — Despite a unanimous recommendation from the Sheridan County Planning and Zoning Commission, the Sheridan County commissioners voted down a proposed rezone of 40 acres along Brinton Road Tuesday.

The 3-1 vote came in the wake of phone calls, letters and public comment from surrounding landowners who expressed concern about potential development in the area.

“I’m all for growth and change,” landowner Roseanne Gentry said. “I just don’t want it to become a huge subdivision down there in Big Horn.”

The rezoning request came from Deborah Boley, who lives three-quarters of a mile from Big Horn and hoped to rezone her 40 acres of agricultural property into a rural residential property so she could build a second dwelling.

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