The Planning Commission approved a specific plan to rezone and develop a 237-unit residential project on Old Hickory Boulevard, with several conditions negotiated after community comment and staff review. The approval followed a public hearing in which neighbors and civic groups sought stronger protections for historic site elements, greenway access and invasive-species management.

Staff recommended approval with conditions after discussions that followed an earlier hearing on June 12. Planning staff and the applicant met on-site with historical staff and concluded the existing house could not be preserved intact without reconstruction; staff and the applicant agreed that the stone foundation should be preserved and incorporated as an interpretive feature or amenity in the new development.

Planning staff added three conditions: 1) preserve the original stone foundation and provide an interpretive landscape amenity on-site; 2) provide for a roundabout at a new four-way intersection to the final site-plan standards; and 3) submit an invasive-species removal and management plan for the 20-acre portion of floodway/floodplain along Indian Creek, with scope, timing and professional oversight to be submitted with the final site plan.

Neighbors and the Cane Ridge group asked for clearer public access language for the preserved foundations, stronger commitments to remove invasives across the entire parcel and design for emergency access to adjacent parkland. Applicant representatives said they had met with neighbors, agreed to the conditions, and noted some items (such as HOA maintenance and public access within private reserves) are limited by private property and liability concerns.

Commissioners said the staff-driven conditions addressed the primary concerns and voted to approve the plan. The approval requires the applicant to show the invasive-species removal plan, finalize roundabout design and preserve the stone foundation in the final site-plan submittal.