DATE: 7/15/2015
TO: Franklin Municipal Planning Commission
FROM: Brad Baumgartner, Planner
Bob Martin, Interim Director of Planning and Sustainability
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Consideration of Ordinance 2015-23, To Be Entitled, "An Ordinance To Zone 75.69 Acres Agriculture (AG) For The Property Located At 1845 Carters Creek Pike, Located West Of Carters Creek Pike And Southwest Of Downs Boulevard And Adjoining The City Limits Within The Southwestern Part Of The Franklin Urban Growth Boundary (UGB)." (07/23/15 FMPC 8-0; 1ST Reading 08/11/15 7-0; 2nd Reading 9/8/2015 7-0) Third and Final Reading
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Project Information
COF Project Number: Ordinance 2015-23
Applicant: John and Camille Schaefer
Owner: Janet Wagner
Background/Staff Comments
John and Camille Schaefer are proposing an equestrian park that will include a 39-stall horse barn, a track building, an indoor and an outdoor riding ring, group and private pastures, riding trails, and three caretaker apartments. The site is located in a rural section of Williamson County, and the Plan of Services stipulates the infrastructure the applicant is required to provide to adequately support the project.
City of Franklin Land Use Plan
SOUTHALL CHARACTER AREA
The Southall Character Area straddles Carters Creek Pike and Columbia Avenue to the southwest and south of downtown Franklin. To the north, the area is bound by the West Harpeth and Central Franklin Character Areas, to the east by the Carnton and Goose Creek Character Areas and to the south and west by the UGB. There are approximately 4,230 acres in the area, and large residential lots and vacant land account for a majority of that acreage. There are almost 400 acres dedicated to industrial uses, which is more than half of the region's total (although much of this is the rock quarry), and there is also some commercial and office space. There is no Attached Residential in this area. Rolling Meadows Subdivision, in the adjacent West ...
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