DATE: May 15, 2019
TO: Franklin Municipal Planning Commission
FROM: Amy Diaz-Barriga, Current Planning Supervisor
Emily Hunter, Director of Planning and Sustainability
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PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration Of Resolution 2019-37: A Resolution Approving A Revised Development Plan For Carothers Crossing West PUD Subdivision With 1 Modification Of Development Standards (Tree Canopy), For The Property Located North Of Liberty Pike And West Of Carothers Parkway. (05/23/19 FMPC 5-3, 06/11/19 WS)
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Project Information
COF Project Number: 6939
Applicant: Greg Gamble, Gamble Design Collaborative
Owner: Glenn McGehee, Southstar Company
Background/Staff Comments
This plan was deferred at the April FMPC meeting, to ensure it met public notification requirements.
The original development plan for Carothers Crossing West was approved by the Board of Mayor and Alderman at the October 9, 2018 meeting. The original entitlements for 333 attached residential units and 67,328 square feet of commercial (retail and office) are not being modified. The development plan revision's sole purpose is to request a modification of standards to reduce the tree canopy requirements outlined in the Zoning Ordinance.
This site has a history of being previously used for speculative strip mining and agricultural purposes. The existing tree canopy and inventory of trees are limited in size and species. As part of the original development plan staff utilized tools outlined in the Zoning Ordinance (5.2.3) to reduce the tree canopy requirements from the current 2.37 Acres to 1.64 Acres and utilize "urban reforestation", not a tool currently in the Zoning Ordinance or recognized by staff.
5.2.3 Exemptions
The following tree removal activities are exempt from the standards of this section:
(2) Removal of trees that are determined to be unhealthy by the Department of Building and Neighborhood Services (in consultation with the Department of Planning and Sustainabilit...
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