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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PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of Resolution 2014-93, To Be Entitled "A Resolution Approving a Development Plan for the Township PUD Subdivision, Located at 1127 Murfreesboro Road, by the City of Franklin, Tennessee." (12/18/14 FMPC 6-1; 01/13/2015 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 with four design modifications for the Township PUD Subdivision, located at 1127 Murfreesboro Road.
Project Information
COF Project Number: 4718
Applicant: Greg Gamble, Gamble Design Collaborative
Owner: J.D. Eatherly
Background/Staff Comments
This PUD plan proposes 43 townhomes and a 1 story assisted living facility on three properties behind the Williamson Square shopping center. Planning is supportive of these types of uses in this location; they provide a less intense and more compatible use to the adjacent existing neighborhood. The scale of the development, and the secluded location, are features that could help create a sense of a small, tight-knit community.
However, there are several outstanding factors of the plan that Planning does not support. First and foremost, the plan places 28 dwelling units within an existing, platted setback. There is a 100' platted setback along the north property line, and until such time as this setback is removed by re-platting the lot, this plan is in direct violation of a legal document defining the setback requirements for the site.
Second, Planning is not supportive of front loaded garages as shown on the plan and elevations. The applicant is requesting a design modification to allow such a product, but it goes against the environment that the development is trying to create, as a walkable, pedestrian-conne...
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