DATE: 03/18/2015
TO: Franklin Municipal Planning Commission
FROM: Joshua King, Senior Planner
Catherine Powers, Director of Planning and Sustainability
Subject
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Gateway Village PUD Subdivision, site plan, lot 137, (Touchstone Office Building) a 21,000 square foot building on 1.45 acres, located at 1360 Moher Boulevard.
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Purpose
The purpose of this memo is to provide information to the Franklin Municipal Planning Commission (FMPC) concerning a site plan for a 21,000 square foot office building, located at 1360 Moher Boulevard, in the Gateway Village Development.
Project Information
COF Project Number: 4693
Applicant: Jared Grey, Civil Design Consultants
Owner: Jean B Shupe, THMIHQ-TRE, LLC
Background/Staff Comments
FMPC recently reviewed a development plan revision regarding this site. With the development plan review at the December 2014 FMPC meeting, FMPC voted to require the site plan to also be submitted for a full FMPC review.
As with the development plan, staff has concerns with the proposed architecture of the building. The proposed building does not match the architecture of the existing buildings already constructed in Gateway Village. The architecture looks to be more fitting of a Conventional Design Standard and more appropriate in Cool Springs then a Traditional Design Standard area. Staff does not feel that the architecture of this building conforms to the traditional design guidelines of the Zoning Ordinance, the Land Use Plan, or the Gateway Village Pattern Book.
The Zoning Ordinance states in Chapter 5.3.4 Chapter 1 Section A to, "Blend new development with existing development form and pattern" also to "reduce potential adverse impacts between different land uses or buildings differing in scale, mass, height, proportion, form, or architecture". Further on in Section E, "Use similarly sized and patterned architectural features such as windows, doors, awnings, arcades, pilasters, cornices, w...
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