DATE: September 18, 2019
TO: Franklin Municipal Planning Commission
FROM: Dianna Tomlin, Principal Planner
Amy Diaz-Barriga, Current Planning Supervisor
Emily Hunter, Director of Planning and Sustainability
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PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration Of Resolution 2019-88, A Resolution Approving A Development Plan For Carothers Glen PUD Subdivision For The Property Located North Of South Carothers Road And East Of Surrey Lane, At 4338 & 4340 South Carothers Road. (FPMC 9/26/19 6-1; WS 10/8/19)
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Project Information
COF Project Number: 7070
Applicant: Michael Dewey, Dewey Construction
Owner: Georgia Spencer, Harry Glass
Background/Staff Comments
The applicant is requesting the approval of a development plan for Carothers Glen PUD Subdivision. The proposed subdivision is 22.07 acres and proposing 45 single family lots. A project for these same parcels was denied at the April 23, 2019 Board of Mayor and Alderman meeting. The new development plan proposes 45 lots (the November 2018 proposal was for 44 lots and the January 2019 proposal was for 45 lots). Additional changes proposed include front-loading garages on smaller lots, the removal of the portion of the walking trail near the existing County homes, and more open space between the proposed development and the existing homes.
The density request of 2.03 creates a transition between the two existing neighborhoods per the concept outlined in Envision Franklin for infill development. Lot sizes reflected on the perimeter of the property meet the requirements in the Zoning Ordinance that new lots along the perimeter of an existing development must either be at least 75 percent, in size, of those existing lots, or there must be a Class C buffer between the new and existing lots. In keeping with connectivity standards established within the City of Franklin Zoning Ordinance, the applicant proposes to pave and extend Meandering Way from the existing subdivision of Falcon Creek. This extens...
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