Planning Meeting

Monthly planning meeting- Monday March 13th, 2023

The first 7 items of the night were consent items. Inspections have been done at the parks, and the standard 15% increase will be assessed to Summerlin. Villas at Honey Run will be back next month to request a reduction as they are almost complete. All items Approved.

(Public Hearing) Item # 8 Reyes Construction: Request Recommendation to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen to annex 7.40 acres. Property is referenced as Sumner County Tax Map 96, Parcels 61.01 & 61.03. Property is located at 959 McCurdy Road. Owner: Ramiro Reyes Linda Fore got up and spoke to this issue. She requested that this item be deferred until all members of the board could read the Sumner County Board of Zoning Appeals minutes from December of 2022. City planner, Ceagus Clark, stated that all zoning around this property is residential and that the planner’s office recommends denial. Those 7.4 acres as commercial space, would not be consistent with the comprehensive plan. Mike Honeycutt added that this property has been an ongoing issue in Sumner County. The city does not need the issues that this property brings. Honeycutt motioned that they provide a negative recommendation to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen. Approved (request denied)

(Public Hearing) Item # 9 Staff: Requests Recommendation to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen to review the Zoning Ordinance Section 8.050 Impact Fees. No one signed up to speak. City Administrator Herman started the discussion. The fees have only been changed during the recession of 2008. The impact fees were set in 1995. The numbers the city has been working on are 1996 numbers. Costs from January of 1996 have gone up 100% since then, particularly when looking at housing costs. Currently, the impact fees don’t even cover the costs of widening one road. They need to be doubled if not tripled. Planning board does not set the amount of impact fees, they just need to make the recommendation to the BOMA to raise them. The city needs another fire truck. A new truck at this point is $1 million. Widening a small road is running $500k. Impact fees are currently not covering the road costs. Hutson stated that they are just making a recommendation that the fees need to increase. Herman followed with the fact that the fees are in the zoning ordinances. Hutson noted that housing has gone up more like 200%. Tim Murphy asked what a fee on a 2000 square foot home would be. Herman stated that the fee isn’t based on square footage. Currently the impact fee on a single family home is $1200. It would increase to $2400 or $3600. Murphy then asked what fees are around us. Clark stated that we are really low. Murphy said we don’t want the fees so high people don’t come here. City engineer Reynolds added that fees in the area range from 0- 8-10 times as high as what we have. Yes, it affects decisions of developers, but how much is hard to quantify. Herman stated that the ordinance is set up so a developer can offer another fee structure if they do not like ours. They would need to bring that to the board of zoning appeals. It’s never been done. Murphy asked if we would be setting it too high. Hutson followed with the fact that many “desirable” communities in the area have higher impact fees. White House has been a bargain basement for a long time. Approved

Item #10 Staff: Requests Approval to amend the Planning Commission By-Laws and Rules of Procedure. This item has been discussed before. They need to take “regional” out of the rules and by-laws and replace it with “municipal.” This change was made by the state a year or so ago and just the language needs to be changed in the paperwork. Approved

(Withdrawn by staff)Item # 11 Village at White House/Lose Design: Request Final Development Plan Approval for 20 single-family houses. Property is referenced as Robertson County Tax Map 095, Parcel 117.01 consisting of 15.77 acres. Property is zoned R-15, Medium Density Residential and is located at the southwest corner of Pinson Lane and Pleasant Grove Road. Owner: Bulldog Trust

(Withdrawn by staff)Item # 12 Willow Grove Subdivision-Phase 1, Revision1/Ragan Smith: Request Final Plat Revision Approval to dedicate right-of-way along Ballard Drive and to revise the easements along dedicated right-ofway. Property is referenced as Sumner County Tax Map 96, Portion of Parcel 53. Property is zoned SRPUD, Suburban Residential Planned Unit Development and is located at Ballard Drive. Owner: Lennar Homes

Item # 13 Highland Park/JTA: Request Final Plat Approval for 90 townhomes and 240 apartment units. Property is referenced as Robertson County Tax Map 106P, Parcel 66.00. Property is located at Byrum Drive. Property zoned C-1R, Central Business Service District Gateway Infill Residential. Owner: Highland Park Developers, LLC This item generated much discussion. Marth Wilkinson stated that the plans they were handed look more like a boundary survey than a final plat. Clark added that the site plan was already approved, this is just the plans for the easements and utilities. Reynolds added that this looks this way because the units aren’t a requirement on a final plat. This has all of the information needed. Honycutt said if this is a final plat, it should have units. The board should see what’s going to be on the property. He called for a motion to defer, seconded by Wilkinson. Clark said that the process doesn’t require signatures at this state. Honeycutt stated that a final needs to have all of the units and final signatures. Wilkinson seconded that they are voting without all of the information and that signatures should be required. Mayor Corbitt added that a final plat is simply the legal subdivision of the land. Clark confirmed that the city had seen the preliminary plat in 2020 and this is the final. Everything has to be signed off on before the final site plan is approved and that has been done. Herman added that the final master development plan should have been added to the packet. Hutson asked if this final plat met the regulation. If it does, the rules can be changed after this meeting to reflect the concerns of the board. City attorney added that the regulations have been met. This plat cannot be denied, only deferred. Clark once again stated that this is only subdividing the land, the site plan has been approved. Honeycutt admitted that he is new to this board and hadn’t seen the previous plans. Approved 3-2 with Wilkinson and Honeycutt voting no.

Item # 14 Sage Farms Subdivision/Anthony T. Bollinger, R.L.S: Request Final Plat Approval for 144 single family homes, 58 townhomes, and 40 apartment units. Property is referenced as Robertson County Tax Map 106, Part of Parcels 193 and 196. Property is zoned NCRPUD, Neighborhood Center Residential Planned Unit Development and is located at Sage Road. Owner: Stage Coach Developers, LLC Clark stated that this is also a final plat, the final master has been approved. I asked a question about where the assisted living facility is located. It was not clear on the slide. The assisted living is included in this plan. It is the area to the left of the purple coloration. Approved

Item # 15 7-Eleven White House (76) TN/SE White House 76, LLC c/o Jason Horowitz: Request Site Plat Approval. Property is referenced as Robertson County Tax Map 106F, Group A, Portion of Parcel 13.02. Property is zoned C-2, General Commercial and is located at northwest corner of State Route 76 and Dee Cee Ct. Owner: James W. Brinkley, Trust Clark began with the fact that the owner has been in discussions with the city for 8-12 months at this point. The engineers have met all of the requirements requested by the city. Wilkinson wanted to know if they met all regulations. Yes, was the response. Hutson asked about the cemetery next to it. Clark responded with the fact that there is an easement. Hutson asked if they will be required to add fencing or decorate the cemetery. Herman added that it was too close to Dee Cee road at first and needed access on the cemetery side to move the plans. TDOT has also granted approval for a left turn lane on HWY 76. The city can stipulate that a fence be put in around the cemetery. Corbitt asked if it could also be maintained since the one by him is not. Honeycutt said that they can require a fence, but can’t require maintenance. The question was raised about improvements to Dee Cee Road. Reynolds siad that there will be a lane addition on 76, and that the turn lanes on Dee Cee will be lengthened. The turn lane on 76 will go past the daycare. None of this has been finalized yet. Herman stated that Love’s had to complete much more on 76, and that this is minimal. Corbitt asked if there would be semi parking. Herman stated that this is fill and go. There will be no parking for semis. Honeycutt recommended approval with added fencing. Approved.

Item # 16 Core 5 Partners-Loves Lane Industrial/Thomas & Hutton: Request Site Plan Approval for a 305,500 gross square foot distribution facility development. Property is referenced as Robertson County Tax Map 106, Parcel 175. Property is zoned I-1, Light Industrial and is located at Loves Lane and Harpers Way. Owner: Brian & Lindsey Harper This item has been brought up several times at several meetings. The only changes here have to do with access. Approved.

Please note: The 7/11 on Hwy 76 is already zoned commercial. As long as the business meets the city’s regulations the city cannot legally deny the business.