DATE: 10/22/15
TO: Franklin Municipal Planning Commission
FROM: Jim Svoboda, Senior Planner
Bob Martin, Interim Director of Planning and Sustainability
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Consideration Of Ordinance 2015-54, To Be Entitled, "An Ordinance To Amend The Zoning Ordinance Of The City Of Franklin, Tennessee, Chapter 3, Section 3.3, Subsection 3.3.2, Table 3-5, Entitled "Base District Density And Building Height [1], [2]," And Section 3.5, Subsection 3.5.6 (2)(b)(xi), Entitled "Landscape," And Chapter 5, Section 5.5, Subsection 5.5.3(1), Table 5-7, Entitled "Required Open Space Set-Aside" In Order To Revise The Landscape Surface Ratio And Open Space Requirements Within Central Franklin Character Area Overlay District, Special Area CFCO-1 And Special Area CFCO-9." ; (10/22/15 FMPC 9-0; 1st Reading 8-0 11/10/15; Public Hearing and 2nd Reading 12-08-15 8-0) THIRD AND FINAL READING
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Background/Staff Comments
The purpose of Ordinance 2015-54 is to exempt new development in the Central Franklin Character Area Overlay District, Special Areas CFCO-1 and CFCO-9, from Landscape Surface Ratio (LSR) and open space requirements.
The dense urban development form in downtown Franklin is not conducive to traditional landscape and open space requirements. The proposed amendment adds footnotes to Table 3-5 and Table 5-7 to exempt development in CFCO-1 and CFCO-9 from landscape surface ratio and open space requirements. In addition, the CFCO-1 landscape standards (Subsection 3.5.6(2)(b)(xi)) are being revised to clarify that open space is not required instead of the current wording that states that front yard landscape is not required.
The east side of CFCO-1, and almost all of CFCO-9, are located in either the 100-year floodplain or floodway. New development or redevelopment in the flood-prone areas must meet Zoning Ordinance floodplain protection requirements and most likely will also have to provide some landscaping or open space in order to meet the req...
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