DATE: January 18, 2017
TO: Franklin Municipal Planning Commission
FROM: Josh King, Principal Planner
Amy Diaz-Barriga, Current Planning Supervisor
Emily Hunter, Director of Planning and Sustainability
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PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of Resolution 2016-88 To Be Entitled: "A Resolution Approving A Development Plan For Apex Village PUD Subdivision With 2 Modifications Of Development Standards (MOS 1-Attached Residential Length; MOS2- Parkland Dedication), For The Property Located North Of East McEwen Drive And East Of Carothers Parkway." (01/26/17 FMPC 9-0, 02/14/17 WS)
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Project Information
COF Project Number: 6305
Applicant: John Haas, EDGE
Owner: Khris Pascarella, Pearls Street Partners
Background/Staff Comments
The land use plan places these parcels in the McEwen Character Area, Special Area 4, and recommends the following:
MCEWEN CHARACTER AREA, SPECIAL AREA 4
1. A mixture of Attached and Detached Residential and Neighborhood or Local Retail uses is recommended, either in separate structures (proximate mixed uses) or with multiple uses in the same building on different floors (vertical mixed uses).
2. Retail uses, mid-rise commercial and hotels should be of higher intensity adjacent to I-65 and transition to less intensive uses further away from the interstate.
3. Local Retail may be located as a transitional land use between the Regional Retail and surrounding residential neighborhoods.
4. Attached Residential is also appropriate as a transition to residential uses to the east.
5. All ?big box? retail shall be located west of I-65.
The development plan is in compliance with the land use plan recommendations.
The draft of Envision Franklin calls for the regional commerce design concept in this location. The primary use on this site is intended to be multi-story office and supporting retail uses on ground floor. Secondary uses include additional retail, hotel, and multi-family residential. The environmentally-sens...
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