DATE: December 14, 2018
TO: Franklin Municipal Planning Commission
FROM: Christopher Andrews, Principal Planner
Amy Diaz-Barriga, Current Planning Supervisor
Emily Hunter, Director of Planning and Sustainability
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PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration Of Resolution 2018-96 - A Resolution Approving A Development Plan For The Fields At Reese Farm PUD Subdivision For The Property Located North Of Del Rio Pike And West Of Reese Drive, 2970 Del Rio Pike. (12/20/18 FMPC 6-2; 1/08/19 WS)
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Project Information
COF Project Number: 6836
Applicant: Greg Gamble, Gamble Design Collaborative
Owner: Nancy Reed
Background/Staff Comments
The applicant is requesting the approval of a development plan for the Fields at Reese Farm PUD Subdivision. The proposed subdivision is 43.97 acres, and is planned to contain 64 single family lots, 68 townhouses and three open space lots. The Fields at Reese Farm PUD Subdivision is within the Conservation Subdivision design concept designated in Envision Franklin, and within the development are proposed a mix of townhouse and single family residential units. A special consideration within Envision Franklin supports the inclusion of townhouses within the Northwest Quadrant of Mack Hatcher Parkway between Hillsboro Road and New Highway 96, west to the edges of the urban growth boundary.
The Conservation Subdivision design standard in Envision Franklin also notes that "new development should preserve at least 50 percent open space targeted toward scenic vistas, greenways, pastures, trails, woodlands, or other areas that maintain scenic character".
In relation, the applicant is pursuing the restoration of a stream that bisects the property, eliminating a farm pond and dam that is within an impounded tributary of the Harpeth River. The in-line pond produces several negative impacts, and guidance from the City of Franklin, the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and the Army Corps of Engineers encouraged th...
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