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Farragut staff outlines overhaul of driveway and access ordinance, seeks streamlined approvals
Summary
Town staff presented draft revisions to the 1997 driveway and access ordinance aimed at clarifying purpose, incorporating pedestrian/bicycle impacts, reducing unnecessary variances, and streamlining approvals for certain collector‑street variances.
Town planning staff presented a proposed rewrite of the town’s driveway and access ordinance during a June 19, 2025 discussion item, outlining a package of changes intended to modernize provisions last substantially written in 1997.
Staff said the rewrite adds a clear purpose/intent section tied to the town plan, incorporates recent changes that require traffic impact studies to consider pedestrians and bicyclists, and would include standard legal provisions such as a stricter‑applies clause (when code…
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