DATE: December 17, 2015
TO: Franklin Municipal Planning Commission
FROM: Andrew Orr, Principal Planner
Emily Hunter, Long Range Planning Supervisor
Bob Martin, Interim Director of Planning and Sustainability
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Land Use Plan Amendment request, to add Attached Residential as a recommended land use in the McEwen Character Area, Special Area 5, located along South Royal Oaks Drive between Mack Hatcher Parkway and I-65 and in the vicinity of the Murfreesboro Road/Carothers Parkway intersection.
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Project Information
COF Project Number: 5992
Applicant: Adam Crunk, Crunk Engineering LLC
Owner: E. Warner Bass
Background from the Franklin Land Use Plan (LUP)
McEwen Character Area, Special Area 5 (MECO-5), is mostly made up of commercial and office uses and extends from the Mack Hatcher/South Royal Oaks intersection on the west to Rolling Hills Hospital on the east. Some of the existing businesses include car dealerships, big box retail, restaurants, hotels, and institutional uses. The Southwinds Apartments, Forrest Crossing Subdivision, and Creekstone Subdivision include residential uses located on the west side of MECO-5.
The applicant desires to amend the Land Use Plan in order to allow attached residential uses in MECO-5, specifically in regards to the parcel directly behind Home Depot (Parcel 101.19) and the parcel directly south of Oak Meadow Drive (Parcel 88.00). Both parcels are currently vacant and total 31.93 acres. The Land Use Plan designates both parcels in the Activity Center Design Concept and calls for commercial or office uses on both of these parcels, which are also zoned General Commercial (GC). Attached residential uses on the upper floors of mixed use buildings could be supported, but standalone multi-family housing is not supported by the Land Use Plan in MECO-5.
Planning and Sustainability Department Comments
The City of Franklin total land area is approximately 26,600 acres. The Mc...
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