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Resident urges action after structure built in neighborhood open space in The Woodlands
Summary
A resident said a neighbor built an 11-foot-high structure on open space turned over to a homeowners association; an inspector with HUB Nashville reportedly called it a nonissue.
John Atkinson, a resident of The Woodlands neighborhood in south Nashville, returned to the commission for an update on an open-space complaint he first raised in December 2023.
Atkinson said that when the neighborhood was developed the developer was required to set aside land as open space; the developer later turned that parcel over to a homeowners association that currently has no board and no officers. He told the commission a neighbor constructed a large structure—"11 feet high in spaces, 24 feet deep and probably 40 feet wide"—on that open space, blocking access.
Atkinson said he had registered a complaint with HUB Nashville and that an inspector had reviewed the site and deemed the structure a "nonissue," leaving the structure and the blocked open space unchanged. "The open space is still blocked, and I'm still here," Atkinson said.
Commission staff acknowledged the public comment and said staff would follow up as appropriate. No formal enforcement action or policy decision was made during the meeting; Atkinson was told the public-comment period is not for back-and-forth discussion but staff would follow up as needed.
