City of Franklin - File #: 19-0329

• File #: 19-0329
• Version: 1
• Name: Refuge Center Zoning
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/28/2019
• In control: Board of Mayor & Aldermen
• On agenda: 7/9/2019
• Final action: 7/9/2019
• Title: Consideration of Ordinance 2019-09: An Ordinance To Zone +/- 7 Acres General Office District (GO), Hillside/Hilltop Overlay, Goose Creek Character Area Overlay 4D, And Conventional Standards For The Property Located South Of Long Lane And East Of Williamson County Agricultural Center, (Refuge Center PUD). (04/25/19 FMPC 7-1, 05/14/19 WS, 1st BOMA Reading 5/28/19 7-0; 2ND BOMA Reading 6/25/19 6-1) THIRD AND FINAL READING
• Sponsors: Franklin Municipal Planning Commission, Emily Hunter, Amy Diaz-Barriga

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/9/2019	1	Board of Mayor & Aldermen	approved on third and final reading	Pass
6/25/2019	1	Board of Mayor & Aldermen	referred as an Old Business Item	Pass
5/28/2019	1	Board of Mayor & Aldermen	referred as a Public Hearing Item	Pass
5/14/2019	1	Work Session	referred
4/25/2019	1	Franklin Municipal Planning Commission	recommended favorably to the Board of Alderman and	Pass

DATE: April 17, 2019

TO: Franklin Municipal Planning Commission

FROM: Emily Hunter, Director of Planning and Sustainability
Amy Diaz-Barriga, Current Planning Supervisor


Subject
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Consideration of Ordinance 2019-09: An Ordinance To Zone +/- 7 Acres General Office District (GO), Hillside/Hilltop Overlay, Goose Creek Character Area Overlay 4D, And Conventional Standards For The Property Located South Of Long Lane And East Of Williamson County Agricultural Center, (Refuge Center PUD). (04/25/19 FMPC 7-1, 05/14/19 WS, 1st BOMA Reading 5/28/19 7-0; 2ND BOMA Reading 6/25/19 6-1) THIRD AND FINAL READING
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Project Information
COF Project Number: 6943
Applicant: JC Elder, Bauer Askew Architecture
Owner: Michael and Denise Bennett

Background/Staff Comments
This property is located south of Long Lane and east of the Williamson County Agricultural Expo Center. The parcel is currently vacant and across Long Lane from the Ladd Park PUD subdivision and 5 single family residences. The requested zoning for this parcel is General Office (GO). A separate Resolution 2019-29 accompanies this zoning request for the corresponding Development Plan.

Envision Franklin places this area into two separate design concepts. The developable portions of the site are in Regional Commerce.

"The Regional Commerce design concept contains 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 should transition in intensity and scale across this design concept. Higher-intensity uses should be located closer to the I-65 interchanges and major thoroughfares, with less-intensive uses transitioning to established residential areas.

Regional Commerce areas have a high level of visibility along I-65 and primary arterial streets and are important gateways into Franklin. New developments sh...