DATE: September 24, 2014
TO: Franklin Municipal Planning Commission
FROM: Amy Diaz-Barriga, Principal Planner
Catherine Powers, Director of Planning and Sustainability
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PUBLIC HEARING: Resolution 2014-68, To Be Entitled, "A Resolution Approving A Development Plan Revision For The Ovation PUD Subdivision, Located At Southeast Corner Of East McEwen Drive And Carothers Parkway, By The City Of Franklin, Tennessee." (10/14/14 WS)
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Purpose
The purpose of this memo is to provide information to the Franklin Municipal Planning Commission (FMPC) concerning a development plan revision for a mixed-use development at the southeast corner of East McEwen Drive and Carothers Parkway.
Project Information
COF Project Number: 4645
Applicant: Gary Vogrin, Kiser + Vogrin Design
Owner: SS McEwen, LLC (Glen McGehee)
Background/Staff Comments
This revision is being proposed to address two items, the legal description of the SD-X zoning limits and the internal design of the site. The legal description of the SD-X zoning limits was revised between second and third reading of the ordinance at BOMA, and the ordinance was approved on August 26, 2014. The updated legal description was brought back to FMPC for consideration on August 28, 2014, where it was also approved. However, the resolution for the original development plan was approved by BOMA on July 8, 2014, and therefore had an outdated legal description of the SD-X zoning limits. This development plan revises the SD-X zoning limits with the approved legal description. As stated at the FMPC consideration on August 28, the entitlements granted with the rezoning did not change based on the updated legal description.
The internal layout of the site has also been modified with this revision, as well as some building shapes and heights. Specifically in the northwest corner of the site, the street network has been improved with additional connectivity and a more prominent intersection within the main entrance drive. These new streets are appropriately lined with commercial buildings and create a walkable, Main-Street-like quality to this area of the development. The major sightline into the development, from the north side of the intersection of McEwen and Carothers, now terminates with a building façade rather than a view into a parking garage. Overall within the development, heights of buildings provide better transitions from one structure to the next. Staff does feel that two areas of the site should receive additional design considerations at the site plan stage; the public plaza at the terminus of the main entrance drive, and the height of Building A7 along the main entrance drive. These items are listed below in the project considerations.
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.
1. With site plan submittals, applicant shall include actual building height in feet on the takedown charts so that transitional building heights can be evaluated. Staff is concerned that, with this development plan, there is not a smooth transition in height between all buildings, specifically between the buildings along their main entryway (A7 and C3/C4).
2. Regarding the plaza at the terminus of the main entry drive, since this whole area is designated as a formal open space the applicant shall work with the COF Land Planner and staff at the site plan stage to provide a space (F4 and F5) that would be more suitable for large gathering for events.
Modifications of Standards
The following modification of standards has already been approved with the original development plan, and there are no changes to these modifications of standards. It is listed here for informational purposes only.
1. The applicant requested a modification of standards (design modification) for residential buildings with a maximum building length of 200'. Proposed maximum building length is to be 766 feet.
Recommendation
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Staff recommends a favorable recommendation to BOMA.
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See attached pages for a list of staff recommended conditions of approval.
PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS:
1. The applicant shall upload the corrected plan to the online plan review website (https://franklin.contractorsplanroom.com/secure/) and submit one (1) 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.
2. The city's project identification number shall be included on all correspondence with any city department relative to this project.