DATE: September 24, 2015
TO: Franklin Municipal Planning Commission
FROM: Emily Hunter, Long Range Planning Supervisor
Bob Martin, Interim Director of Planning and Sustainability
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Presentation Of Land Use Plan Amendment For McEwen Character Area, Special Area 6, To Add A Neighborhood Commercial Node Along Carothers Parkway, Between Murfreesboro Road And Long Lane. (9/24/15 FMPC 8-0)
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The Franklin Planning and Sustainability Department is representing this Land Use Plan amendment request.
Background from the Franklin Land Use Plan (LUP)
The LUP includes guiding principles that promote a mix and balance of land uses, stating the following:
The City of Franklin desires to have a balance of land uses that promotes both fiscal health and a sense of community. While the city is first and foremost a place in which people can live and raise families, it must also provide places to educate, recreate, shop and work. These land uses should be located in such a way that they reinforce neighborhood integrity and provide convenient access to one another. Specifically:
1. The city will strive for a balance of land uses that achieves fiscal health and community livability.
2. The city will continue to emphasize single-family neighborhoods as the dominant land use, but it will not simply be a "bedroom" community for the metropolitan region. A mix of conventional and traditional neighborhoods will be encouraged; both types of neighborhoods can be appropriate forms of development. A mix of housing options, retail and service uses and employment centers will be encouraged, along with related public services and community amenities.
3. Business uses that serve the local population, such as convenience retail, grocery stores and services should be provided, and should be planned in proximity (i.e., less than a mile) to residential areas in locations that minimize negative lan...
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