DATE: February 20, 2019
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 2019-09, "A Resolution Approving A Development Plan For Huffines Property PUD Subdivision With 2 Modifications Of Development Standards (Maximum Retaining Wall Height, Evergreen Shrubs), For The Property Located South Of East McEwen Drive And West Of Carothers Parkway. (02/28/19 FMPC 9-0; 03/26/19 WS)
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Project Information
COF Project Number: 6876
Applicant: Greg Gamble, Gamble Design
Owner: Evan Vlaeminck, GCI Residential
Background/Staff Comments
Envision Franklin recommends a Regional Commerce Design Concept for this parcel. The intent of the Regional Commerce design concept is to contain high-intensity activity centers that attract large numbers of people and employers from both within and outside the City. These areas include major employment and revenue generators that are valuable community resources.
Regional Commerce areas have a high level of visibility along I-65 and primary arterial streets and are important gateways into Franklin. New developments should have integrated designs with coordinated access, amenities, and cohesive architecture that fits within the context of the corridor.
Buildings should be arranged on sites so that they help to frame and define the streets, giving deliberate form to streets and sidewalk areas. Building setbacks should be minimal to create an active street environment that encourages pedestrian activity. Where internal drives are used to organize buildings and pedestrian movement, setbacks to internal drives should be minimized wherever possible. Along high-volume streets, buildings may be set back from the street, provided they are sited to be consistent with the predominant line of building massing (setback) along the street in ord...
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