The Planning Commission voted to approve an annexation petition and a companion rezoning to a Planned Residential District (PRD) for the Robinson Bend property, covering roughly 22.5 acres along Veterans Parkway and Old Salem Road.

The annexation petition, presented by planning staff, covers four parcels — three city-owned remnants from the Veterans Parkway project and a larger parcel owned by Randall and Deborah Robinson — and includes right-of-way for about 710 feet of Old Salem Road and 300 feet of Veterans Parkway. "This total study area is 22 and a half acres," said Mr. Donovan, planning staff, during the presentation. He told commissioners that Rutherford County’s road commission consented to the right-of-way annexation on June 23 and that the site is inside the city’s urban growth boundary and service-infill area.

The companion rezoning to Robinson Bend PRD, presented by Rob Mulchan, the applicant representative for Summit Development LLC, would allow a total of 83 dwelling units: 52 single-family detached homes and 31 single-family attached (townhome-style) units. Mulchan said the detached lots will be a minimum of 6,000 square feet (minimum 50 feet wide) with a minimum 1,400-square-foot dwelling; attached units would have a minimum of 1,200 square feet. The proposal shows about 30 percent open space and three additional future access points to neighboring parcels.

Staff noted one exception in the PRD related to parking for the attached product and said sanitary sewer extension would be the developer’s responsibility and would require coordination with neighboring property owners. "There’s no current timeline for that extension to take place, and that extension will be the responsibility of the developer to complete," Donovan said.

No members of the public spoke during the public hearing on either the annexation or the rezoning. Commissioners moved to approve the annexation and the PRD rezoning "subject to all staff comments," and both measures passed in roll-call votes.

The commission’s approvals forward recommendations to the City Council, which will consider final action. Staff and the applicant will continue to refine the PRD pattern book and address outstanding items requested by staff before council review.

Votes at a glance: Annexation petition (approx. 22.5 acres) — motion to approve staff comments; outcome: approved (recorded ayes from Vice Chair Ava Water; Commissioners Carroll, Harris, Prince, Rollins, Wright; Chair Halliburton). Robinson Bend PRD rezoning — motion to approve subject to staff comments; outcome: approved (same recorded ayes).