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Planning board recommends denying 250-unit mixed-use rezoning on Highlands Parkway
Summary
The Smyrna Planning and Zoning Board on Aug. 11 voted to recommend denial of rezoning case Z25-007, a proposal to rezone about 6.73 acres on Highlands Parkway for a five-story mixed-use project with 250 multifamily units and 2,500 square feet of retail.
The Smyrna Planning and Zoning Board on Aug. 11 voted to recommend denial of rezoning case Z25-007, a proposal to rezone about 6.73 acres on Highlands Parkway for a five-story mixed-use project with 250 multifamily units and 2,500 square feet of retail. The recommendation will be forwarded to the mayor and city council for final consideration on Sept. 22.
The project, submitted by WP South Acquisitions LLC and represented at the meeting by Kevin Moore and Blake Brady of Wood Partners, would require a change of the property's future land use from industrial to mixed use and six variances. City staff recommended denial, citing the comprehensive plan's land-use designations and potential conflicts between new residential uses and existing industrial and freight operations along Highlands Parkway.
"Staff is recommending denial of the land use change and the rezoning," Joey Stobbs, Planner II with…
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