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Franklin commission recommends denying school district exception to conservation easement but permits limited wetland mitigation for building
Summary
The Parks and Environmental Commission voted 3–2 to recommend denial of the school district's natural-resource special exception (NRSE) for athletic fields and parking that would affect a parcel under a prior conservation easement; commissioners allowed mitigation for wetland areas 1 and 2 to permit a building addition.
The City of Franklin Parks and Environmental Commission on July 14 recommended that the Plan Commission deny a requested natural-resource special exception (NRSE) sought by the local school district for development that would affect land subject to a prior conservation easement.
By a roll-call result described in the meeting as 3–2, the commission recommended denial to the Plan Commission, citing the existence of a previously recorded conservation easement covering a core woodland area the district had agreed to preserve when earlier approvals were granted. Commissioners then accepted a friendly amendment to allow mitigation of two specific wetland areas — identified in the…
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