DATE: 12/12/2014
TO: Franklin Municipal Planning Commission
FROM: Andrew Orr, Principal Planner
Catherine Powers, Director of Planning and Sustainability
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PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of Resolution 2014-96, To Be Entitled "A Resolution Approving a Development Plan for October Park PUD Subdivision, Located at 1100 Ridgeway Drive, by the City of Franklin, Tennessee." (12/18/14 FMPC 7-0; 01/13/15 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 for October Park PUD Subdivision located at 1100 Ridgeway Drive.
Project Information
COF Project Number: 4686
Applicant: Steve Bethel, Vertex Development & Greg Gamble, Gamble Design Collaborative
Owner: R. Glenn Adams
Background/Staff Comments
The applicant proposes 19 single family residential lots on 11.88 acres. Detached residential is consistent with the adjacent land uses and the Land Use Plan. The proposed density is higher than the adjacent neighborhoods which has been a documented concern by staff. The project does not pose a significant increase in traffic but will slightly exacerbate the difficulty to turn left out of Ridgeway Drive onto Murfreesboro Road, which was a concern brought up by some of the neighbors at the neighborhood meeting. Drainage has also been a site issue the applicant and staff have been working through.
The Land Use Plan for this area states the following:
The Seward Hall Character Area lies east of I-65 on the easternmost edge of the City of Franklin and the UGB. It is comprised of approximately 10,614 acres. The north and east boundaries of Seward Hall are the limits of the UGB. The southern boundary is the Harpeth River. The major regional commerce center in the McEwen Character Area lies immediately to the west.
The character of this area is a combination of Rural and Suburban. Roughly 46% of the land in this a...
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