DATE: July 17, 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 2019-56: "A Resolution Approving A Development Plan For Wood Duck Court PUD Subdivision With 1 Modification Of Development Standards (Parking Requirements) For The Property Located East Of Carothers Parkway And South Of Murfreesboro Road (250 Rosa Helm Way, 2050 And 2051 Wood Duck Court). (07-25-19 FMPC 6-0)" (08/13/19 WS).
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Project Information
COF Project Number: 6992
Applicant: Greg Gamble, Gamble Design Collaborative
Owner: Robert Louis Walker, Managing Partner of Walker Family Partners
Background/Staff Comments
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This development plan proposes 237 multifamily units houses in eight buildings across three properties. Envision Franklin places these properties in the Regional Commerce Design Concept, and supports the multifamily use as described in staff report for the associated rezoning. Further, Envision Franklin supports this less-intense type of use as a transition to established residential areas.
In terms of the site design, the properties have numerous site constraints, including steeper slopes along the south property lines, and floodplain and stream buffers on the north property lines. This leaves a small, linear corridor in which to place buildings. Because of this, the plan is not able to fully meet the intent of Envision Franklin's goal of placing parking to the rear of the property. However, the project attempts to break up the parking areas into smaller nodes and include formal open spaces and sidewalks adjacent to all buildings. The plan also provides for a secondary access point along the north east limits of the property, connecting to an existing access easement. This connection point will be required to span above the floodplain, and provides a secondary access point for emergency ser...
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