DATE: January 14, 2015
TO: Franklin Municipal Planning Commission
FROM: Amy Diaz-Barriga, Principal Planner
Catherine Powers, Director of Planning and Sustainability
Subject
title
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.
body
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 develo...
Click here for full text