DATE: January 14, 2015
TO: Franklin Municipal Planning Commission
FROM: Amy Diaz-Barriga, Principal Planner
Catherine Powers, Director of Planning and Sustainability
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Williamson Square Subdivision, final plat, revision to previously platted setbacks and removal of a drainage easement, on 17.29 acres, located at 1111 Murfreesboro Road.
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Purpose
The purpose of this memo is to provide information to the Franklin Municipal Planning Commission (FMPC) concerning a final plat for platted setback revisions and abandonment of a drainage easement, located at 1111 Murfreesboro Road.
Project Information
COF Project Number: 4661
Applicant: Michael Garrigan, Dale and Associates, Inc.
Owner: J.D. Eatherly
Background/Staff Comments
This plat was heard at the October 2014 FMPC meeting, and was deferred until the rezoning and development plan was heard and approved by FMPC. FMPC reviewed the rezoning and development plan at its December 18, 2014 meeting, and gave a favorable recommendation to BOMA for both the rezoning and the development plan.
This plat proposes to modify a platted setback and abandon a drainage easement. Engineering has confirmed that the drainage pattern on site has changed from the original intent such that there is no drainage currently within the proposed abandoned easement, and therefore abandoning said easement is acceptable.
The proposal to modify a platted setback reduces the platted setback from 100' to 50' off of the north boundary line. The 100' setback was the required rear setback for the property's zoning at the time of site plan approval (1987), when such a zone was adjacent to detached residential uses. This 100' rear setback was platted, and thus remained the ruling setback requirement, even though subsequent zoning ordinances reduced the rear setback requirements. Staff feels that a reduction in the existing platted setback would be appropriate, specifically because any development upon the site would require an incompatible use buffer. The existing zoning district of the property, General Office (GO) permits uses that would require a Class B buffer. For the acreage of the site, a Class B buffer on this property would need to be 75' along all property boundaries abutting detached residential uses. However, on December 18, 2014, Planning Commission voted to provide a favorable recommendation to BOMA for a rezoning and development plan for this property, which proposes an attached residential use along this northern property boundary. This type of use would only require a Class C buffer of 50' in width. Based on Planning Commission's support of that development plan, staff would support reducing the setback to match the required buffer width for the proposed uses of the site. If BOMA were to disapprove the rezoning and development plan, the more restrictive standard (in this case, the incompatible use buffer) would apply to the site, regardless of the platted setback.
Recommendation
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Staff recommends approval, with conditions;
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See attached pages for a list of staff recommended conditions of approval.
PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS:
1. In addition to uploading the corrected plat to the online plan review website (https://franklin.contractorsplanroom.com/secure/), the applicant shall submit three (3) paper copies and a .pdf file of the corrected plat, along with the Mylar, to the Department of Building and Neighborhood Services (Suite 110, Franklin City Hall). The Certificates of Approval for the Subdivision Name and Street Names, Water System (if not COF Water), Survey, and Ownership shall be signed when the plat is resubmitted. The Mylar shall be submitted to BNS within five (5) business days of the corrected electronic plat being uploaded to the online plan review website (or vice versa) or the item shall be rejected as incomplete for City review. 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.
2. The city's project identification number shall be included on all correspondence with any city department relative to this project.
3. The applicant shall upload a .dwg copy of the final plat through the IDT system (link above) in Tennessee state plan coordinates, NAD 83, NAVD 88, zone 4100/5301 for incorporation of the plat into the Franklin GIS database.