DATE: 12/12/2014
TO: Franklin Municipal Planning Commission
FROM: Brad Baumgartner, Planner
Catherine Powers, Director of Planning and Sustainability
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Consideration of Ordinance 2014-46, To Be Entitled "An Ordinance to Rezone 19.11 Acres from Low Residential (R-1) to Specific Development - Variety District (SD-X 2.5/36,480) for the Properties Located at 574 and 580 Franklin Road, by the City of Franklin, Tennessee." (12/18/14 FMPC 7-0; 02/10/15 BOMA 8-0) THIRD AND FINAL READING
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Purpose
The purpose of this memo is to provide information to the Franklin Municipal Planning Commission (FMPC) concerning a rezoning for Branch Creek Crossing PUD Subdivision, a rezoning of 19.11 acres from R-1 to SD-X 2.5/36,480 for 48 condominium units and 36,480 square feet of office space located at 574 and 580 Franklin Road across from the Gateway Village Development and adjacent to the Church of the Nazarene.
Project Information
COF Project Number: 4680
Applicant: Tim Turner, T-Squared Engineering
Owner: Mary Y. and Leonard B. Fagan
Background/Staff Comments
The applicant is proposing a mixed-use development consisting of office space and attached residential units, which is consistent with the adjacent land uses and the recommendations of the Franklin Land Use Plan. The applicant is proposing to build two office buildings of 18,240 square feet each fronting Franklin Road and two condominium buildings towards the rear of the site with a total unit count of 48. The site has substantial environmental constraints with Branch Creek running through the middle of the site and the Hillside overlay towards the rear of the property.
The Land Use Plan for this area states the following:
Development Form
1. This area should follow standards for the Mixed Use Design Concept.
2. There are also many areas that are environmentally sensitive slopes which have been assigned the Conservation Design Concept.
3. The main portion of de...
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