DATE: 09/16/2015
TO: Franklin Municipal Planning Commission
FROM: Amy Diaz-Barriga, Current Planning Supervisor
Bob Martin, Interim Director of Planning and Sustainability
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PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration Of Resolution 2015-80, To Be Entitled, “A Resolution Approving A Development Plan For 231 Public Square PUD Subdivision, With 1 Modification Of Standards (MOS-1 Location Of Drive-Thru Structure), Located At 231 Public Square, By The City Of Franklin, Tennessee.”; (09/24/15 FMPC 8-0; 10/13/2015 WS)
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Project Information
COF Project Number: 5927
Applicant: Matthew Taylor, Studio 8 Design
Owner: First Tennessee Bank, REP: Stephen Bieber
Background/Staff Comments
This project will expand the existing footprint of the First Tennessee Bank building by bringing it closer to the street and creating a setback consistent with the other three corners of the Public Square. It will keep the uses of bank and office within the building and add a restaurant. It proposes the restaurant on the first floor and the roof, which requires approval of a 4th floor through a PUD plan. The building height will be lower than it is today, and the maximum height at the circulation towers will be within the 56-foot maximum as required by the Zoning Ordinance. The development plan has been granted a Certificate of Appropriateness from the Historic Zoning Commission for the conceptual elevations on the condition that the circulation tower along the Public Square be recessed 20 feet from the front building line. The elevations included in this submittal meet this condition. Concurrent with the site plan submittal, the elevations will have to be brought back to the Historic Zoning Commission for final approval of the Certificate of Appropriateness. Also, the City will continue to honor the parking agreement regarding the Second Avenue parking garage, and a parking analysis shows that no additional parking will be required for the change in use and expansion.
Project Considerations
Project Considerations are not conditions of this approval, but are intended to highlight issues that should be considered in the overall site design or may be required when more detailed plans are submitted for review. These items are not meant to be exhaustive and all City requirements and ordinances must be met with each plan submittal.
Off-site improvements are being proposed with this development plan, including the area between city hall and this building, and along the north side of the parking garage. While the staff agrees in concept to these improvements, the responsibility for their construction and maintenance will have to be agreed upon before site plan approval.
Modifications of Standards
MOS-1: Location of Drive-thru Structures
Section 4.1.6(1)(b) of the Zoning Ordinance states that “Drive-up or drive-through automated teller machines shall be prohibited in Special Areas 1, 2, and 3 of the CFCO District unless they are located internal to the block and do not result in the stacking of vehicles in a public right-of-way”.
Section 4.1.13(1)(a) of the Zoning Ordinance state that “Stand-alone drive-through structures not attached to a principal structure shall (a) Be prohibited within Special Areas 1, 2, and 3 of the CFCO District unless they are placed internal to the block and do not cause stacking of vehicles in a public right-of-way”.
The proposed stand-alone drive-through structure will not adversely affect the streetscape any more than the permitted attached drive-through structure affects the streetscape. This site has three street-facing sides, and, without tearing down the existing building, the drive-through structure cannot be placed behind the principle structure. The structure can queue several cars before it encroaches into the drive aisle of the site and eventually the right-of-way.
Staff recommends approval of the modification of standards.
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Approval, with conditions.
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See attached pages for a list of recommended conditions of approval.
PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS:
1. Fifteen half-size copies of the Development Plan shall be submitted to the Planning and Sustainability Department by 9 A.M. on the Monday after the Planning Commission meeting in order to be placed on the Board of Mayor and Aldermen agenda.
2. If the plan receives BOMA approval, the applicant shall upload the corrected plan to the online plan review website (https://franklin.contractorsplanroom.com/secure/) and submit one complete and folded set and a .pdf file of corrected development plan to the Department of Building and Neighborhood Services (Suite 110, Franklin City Hall). All revisions to the approved plans shall be “clouded.” With the resubmittal, each condition of approval/open issue in the online plan review system shall contain a full response from the applicant as to the satisfaction or completion of that condition.
3. The City’s project identification number shall be included on all correspondence with any city department relative to this project.