DATE: 12/12/2014
TO: Franklin Municipal Planning Commission
FROM: Amy Diaz-Barriga, Principal Planner
Catherine Powers, Director of Planning and Sustainability
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Forrest Crossing Subdivision, Site Plan-YMCA Parking Addition, 98 additional parking spaces on 8.00 acres, located at 501 Royal Oaks Court (APPEAL OF ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION)
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Purpose
The purpose of this memo is to provide information to the Franklin Municipal Planning Commission (FMPC) concerning an appeal of an administrative decision on a site plan for a parking lot addition at the YMCA at 501 Royal Oaks Court.
Project Information
COF Project Number: 4658
Applicant: Troy Gardner, Ragan Smith
Owner: YMCA of Middle Tennessee
Background/Staff Comments
This site plan was approved administratively with conditions in November 2014. The site plan proposed an additional 98-space parking lot in front of the YMCA's existing parking lot and building. Site conditions necessitated the location of the proposed lot. The spaces, as they exceeded the 120% threshold for the use of the property, are proposed to be pervious, and all other conditions of stormwater and green infrastructure are being adequately met. The zoning ordinance requires all new construction, including construction of a parking lot, to provide a sidewalk if none already exists along all adjacent ROW. Because the site plan did not show a sidewalk along either property line adjacent to a ROW, a condition of approval requires a sidewalk to be installed along the Royal Oaks Court ROW, and extended to the intersection of Royal Oaks Court and Mack Hatcher Parkway. Extending to the intersection is a typical condition required of site plans. More often than not, a sidewalk is required along both sides of a corner lot, so extending to the curb becomes a non-issue; the two sidewalks are simply constructed to join up. In a few instances, DRT does not make a corner lot provide a sidewalk on both side...
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