DATE: June 14, 2017
TO: Franklin Municipal Planning Commission
FROM: Kelly Dannenfelser, Long Range Planning Supervisor
Emily Hunter, Director of Planning and Sustainability
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Consideration Of Ordinance 2017-23, To Be Entitled: “An Ordinance To Amend Chapters 2 And 3 And 8 Of The Zoning Ordinance Of The City Of Franklin, Tennessee, To Allow Limited Development In The Floodway Fringe Overlay District (FFO) Within Certain Central Franklin Character Area Overlay Districts (CFCO-1 And CFCO-2).” (06/22/17 FMPC 8-1, Referred from 7/11/17 WS, 08/08/17 BOMA 1st Reading 6-1; 9/12/17 2nd BOMA Reading 6-2) THIRD AND FINAL READING
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Project Information
Applicant: City of Franklin
Background/Staff Comments
The City and the City’s consultant, Barge Waggoner Sumner & Cannon, completed a Riverfront Planning Study along the Harpeth River in Downtown Franklin to identify the community’s vision for a Riverwalk and opinions about development within the 100-year floodplain.
Following the study, the BOMA and FMPC directed staff to draft a plan amendment to Envision Franklin, considered at the June 22, 2017 FMPC meeting. Following an approval of the plan amendment, this Zoning Ordinance text amendment will allow the recommendations in Envision Franklin to be realized. The text amendment provides additional development flexibility along the edges of the FFO within certain development limits, while preserving the natural floodplain contours and native vegetation that define an on-site edge of the downtown core and maintain a natural setting along the River.
Recommendation
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Recommend favorably to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen.
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