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Planning commission backs modified Nations rezoning and design overlay after two years of community work
Summary
The Nashville Planning Commission on Thursday recommended approving a revised rezoning map and an urban design overlay for the Nations after a lengthy public hearing in which supporters praised the plan as community-built and opponents faulted outreach and warned of traffic and flooding.
The Nashville Planning Commission on Thursday recommended approval of a modified rezoning map and a companion urban design overlay (UDO) for the Nations neighborhood after a long public hearing and months of neighborhood meetings. The commission voted to disapprove the versions filed at the clerk's office and to approve staff'recommended substitutes that reduce the rezoning boundary and add conditions on infrastructure, tree preservation and stormwater provisions.
Supporters said the package is the product of nearly two years of community-led work and will add housing options, protect a walkable main street and strengthen tree…
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