DATE: 9/16/2015
TO: Franklin Municipal Planning Commission
FROM: Josh King, Senior Planner
Bob Martin, Interim Director of Planning and Sustainability
Subject
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Consideration of Ordinance 2015-50, to be Entitled, "An Ordinance to Rezone 7.43 Acres from Estate Residential (ER) District to Residential 3 (R-3) District for the Properties Located at 1034 and 1040 Carlisle Lane." (9/24/15 FMPC motion to recommend disapproval 7-1) (10/13/2015 WS; 1st Reading 6-2 on 11/10/15; 01/12/16 BOMA 4-3) THIRD AND FINAL READING
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Project Information
COF Project Number: 5915
Applicant: Greg Gamble, Gamble Design Collaborative
Owner: Joe Melz, Melz Commercial Properties
Background/Staff Comments
The subject properties are single-family residential units. A portion of the properties is within the Hillside Protection Buffer Overlay District. However, the character of these lots had been modified such that very little of the natural hillside character remains in the current state of the lots.
The vision for the West Harpeth character area, as stated by the Franklin Land Use Plan, will be an exemplary model for the way in which new development can be accommodated while preserving open space, sensitive environmental features, and historic farmsteads. It will be an area of high quality guided by design standards and mixed-use developments. The proposed development is within Special Area 2. Land Use Plan states:
1. Smaller lots should not be located on the exterior of a proposed development adjacent to, or across the street from, larger lots of an existing development. However, if the applicant proposes an alternative, and if potential conflicts will be created, the applicant shall give justification as to how they will be mitigated or avoided.
2. Neighborhood Retail is appropriate at the southeast quadrant of Horton Lane and Willow Springs Boulevard, but only in conjunction with other uses.
3. Although Design Concepts other than TND ...
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