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Planning commission approves NHC assisted-living and memory-care site plan at 1339 Cedar Lane
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The Tullahoma Planning Commission approved a site plan for a new National Healthcare Corporation facility at 1339 Cedar Lane that will add assisted‑living and memory care capacity adjacent to an existing NHC campus, subject to development-advisory comments including stormwater and sidewalk work.
The Tullahoma Planning Commission approved a site plan on July 21 for a new National Healthcare Corporation facility at 1339 Cedar Lane that will add assisted‑living and memory‑care beds adjacent to an existing NHC campus.
Staff and the project team told the commission the two‑building development will provide assisted living and memory care services to supplement the existing facility. Gary O’Brien of La Bella Associates represented the project team at the hearing; Andy Clark represented National Healthcare Corporation.
The commission’s Development Advisory Committee (DAC) and city engineering staff identified routine technical requirements including stormwater detention paperwork, structure elevations, and extension of a proposed sidewalk along the Cedar Lane frontage. Staff said those items are to be resolved during the applicant’s stormwater permitting and final plan submittal; the DAC’s comments were included as conditions of approval.
National Healthcare representatives described the project program size when asked: “56 assisted living and 23” memory‑care beds, the staff report and applicants said. City staff and DAC members also flagged a 4‑inch pressurized gas main crossing the northern part of the site; the applicant is coordinating with the gas provider, and electric loading information will be provided before building connection, staff said.
Commissioners added one motion condition asking the applicant to extend sidewalk improvements along the new development’s Cedar Lane frontage to the south side of the proposed building frontage (not to the existing adjoining building). That sidewalk extension was accepted as a friendly amendment and included in the motion before the commission voted.
The planning commission voted 6–0 to approve the site plan subject to staff and DAC comments and the sidewalk condition.
Staff noted the city engineer did not expect the DAC conditions to require significant site-plan changes and that the technical items could be addressed during permit review. The applicant team said they will provide finalized stormwater and utility plans and follow the city’s recorded maintenance‑agreement requirements before building permits are issued.
