DATE: June 14, 2017
TO: Franklin Municipal Planning Commission
FROM: Andrew Orr, Principal Planner
Kelly Dannenfelser, Long Range Planning Supervisor
Emily Hunter, Director of Planning and Sustainability
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Consideration Of Resolution 2017-37, To Be Entitled: "A Resolution By The Franklin Municipal Planning Commission To Adopt A Plan Amendment To Revise the Design Concepts Map from Large-Lot Residential to Office Residential, Single-Family Residential, and Multifamily Residential for Multiple Properties Located Near The Country Road And Franklin Road Intersection." [PUBLIC HEARING]
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Project Information
COF Project Number: 6447
Applicant: Paul Lebovitz and Greg Gamble
Owners: Michael Harris Garretson (544 Franklin Road)
Cecilia Marchesi (540 Franklin Road)
Joy Brooks (536 Franklin Road and 1211 Country Road)
Dan Brazzell (532 Franklin Road)
Teresa Brooks Hughes (1208 Country Road)
Gracepointe Church Inc. (526 and 522 Franklin Road)
Jimmy Franks (Developer)
Background/Staff Comments
The applicants are requesting an amendment to the Envision Franklin Design Concepts Map near the Country Road and Franklin Road intersection. The properties included in the request are in the Large-Lot Residential Design Concept, which supports single-family residential on one-acre lots, institutional, and recreational uses. The zoning is also R-1, which allows one-acre lots. The applicants are seeking to extend commercial uses and multifamily residential south along Franklin Road.
Envision Franklin contains a Special Consideration for Large-Lot Residential properties located north of Mack Hatcher along Franklin Road that states the following:
"The scenic corridor should have deep setbacks of at least 150 feet for new development. Informal landscape design and rural features, such as stone walls, wood plank fencing, and informal tree plantings, should be utilized to sustain the scenic and rural quality of the area. Development fronting on...
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