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Planning Commission approves industrial specific plan for portion of Franklin Limestone Road parcel
Summary
The Metro Nashville Planning Commission approved a regulatory specific plan to rezone about 23.48 acres of a 360-acre parcel on Franklin Limestone Road to industrial restrictive zoning with conditions after staff and the applicant added limits on use, buffers and access; neighbors raised concerns about traffic, notice and possible blasting.
The Metro Nashville Planning Commission on the night it considered item 11 approved a regulatory specific plan to change zoning on a 23.48-acre portion of a 360-acre parcel at 3187 Franklin Limestone Road from agricultural-residential (AR2A) toward industrial restrictive (IR) subject to a specific plan, following a staff recommendation to approve with conditions.
Staff planner Jamara presented the regulatory specific plan, telling commissioners the proposal would limit nonresidential development on the portion to about 220,000 square feet, require 30-foot landscape buffers along the northern and southern property boundaries, preserve identified stream buffers and restrict disturbance in the 100-year flood plain. Jamara said right-of-way dedication along the frontage is proposed and that the applicant must complete a multimodal transportation analysis with NDOT prior to final SP approval.
The plan was presented as a response to issues the commission raised previously: the applicant converted the earlier straight IR rezoning into a regulatory specific plan to establish development standards addressing traffic, environmental protection and access. Jamara said the northern portion of the overall 360-acre parcel — not part of this SP — is used for mineral processing; the SP covers the southern portion south of an on-site stream.
During the reopened public hearing neighbors opposed the rezoning. Tana Miller, who said she lives closest to the site, said residents were “apprehensive” and questioned whether notices were mailed in time; she and other neighbors said they had concerns about traffic, long vehicle queues on narrow Franklin Limestone Road and a fear that promised access restrictions or “right turns only” could go unobserved. Grace Ann Bridal and other residents told the commission they had not received timely notice of earlier meetings and asked for more outreach. CJ Tishner said he and at least 64 others emailed in opposition and described dust, road wear and the narrow, winding character of Franklin Limestone Road.
Applicant representatives said they had held community meetings, worked with the council member, and revised the plan in response to the commission’s direction. James Weaver of Holland & Knight told commissioners the information on the specific plan had been presented in public meetings and asked the commission to forward the application to Metro Council. Bridal Volz of Kimberly Horne Associates said the latest SP was “more restrictive than what would have been allowed under the original request.”
Commission discussion focused on whether new materials required reopening the hearing; staff and counsel said the SP submission was a direct response to the commission’s request and the SP was more restrictive than the previous proposal. Commissioners also discussed design and enforcement tools to prevent left turns from the site, and staff explained driveway engineering and signage can be used and reviewed at final site plan and by NDOT.
A motion to approve staff’s recommendation — "approve with conditions and disapprove without all conditions" — passed; the chair summed up with “Ayes have it” and the specific plan was adopted. The commission record does not include a roll-call vote tally in the transcript (the minutes record only that the motion carried).
