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Planning commission recommends approval of Parkway Place PID amendment allowing volunteer fleet and indoor powder-coating with conditions
Summary
The Murfreesboro Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of a PID amendment for Parkway Place that redraws region boundaries, relocates certain outdoor storage and allows a volunteer fleet and indoor powder-coating under conditions, subject to staff comments.
The Murfreesboro Planning Commission on April 9 voted to recommend approval of a Planned Industrial Development amendment for the Parkway Place PID, a multi‑parcel industrial area along Joby Jackson Parkway, Richard Reeves Drive and Logistics Way.
The amendment, filed by Swanson Developments LP, redraws a Region 2/Region 3 boundary near Richard Reeves Drive so that contractor yard/outside storage and a newly requested volunteer fleet use are located in Region 3 instead of Region 2; it also clarifies warehouse and dry‑cleaning use categories and adds indoor powder‑coating as an allowed indoor use in specified regions if all operations are fully enclosed, staff said.
The change to the region boundary places an existing outdoor storage area and proposed volunteer fleet site on lots that are farther from single‑family residences, staff said, and would allow a volunteer fleet operator to locate permanently on Lot 16 in the Logistics Way cul‑de‑sac if the City Council approves the PID amendment. Staff reported that most properties in the PID are either approved or under construction and that only two small areas remain undeveloped.
Planning staff said they conducted a field review of existing powder‑coating operations and recommended allowing powder‑coating only when all activity is indoors to avoid potential noxious impacts. Staff also proposed clearer labels for self‑storage, wholesale establishments and two warehouse categories to reduce future confusion.
No public commenters appeared during the hearing. Commissioners asked to see Lot 16 on the map and confirmed Logistics Way’s built cul‑de‑sac where the volunteer fleet seeks a permanent location. The applicant’s engineer attended and was available to answer technical questions, staff said.
A motion to recommend approval “subject to all staff comments” carried unanimously. The commission’s recommendation will go to the City Council for final action.
The commission’s action preserves staff’s recommended conditions, including standard site‑plan review and any plan or recording requirements the Council may impose when it considers the PID amendment.
Staff documents submitted with the application include a site map of the revised Region 2/Region 3 boundary, a use table with the newly clarified categories, and the applicant’s request to add powder‑coating as an indoor use.
If Council adopts the amendment, Lot 16 would be eligible for the volunteer fleet use described in the staff report and the PID’s use tables would reflect the newly clarified nomenclature and indoor‑only allowance for powder‑coating.
