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Franklin commission tables high school natural resource special exception after sharp debate over mitigation and ordinance standards
Summary
The Franklin Parks and Environmental Commission voted to table a request from Franklin Public Schools to alter a 2014 conservation easement and approve a natural resource special exception for a high school expansion, citing unclear mitigation calculations and whether the old or new Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) should apply.
The Franklin Parks and Environmental Commission on Tuesday voted to table consideration of a natural resource special exception (NRSE) requested by Franklin Public Schools for an expansion at Franklin High School, after extensive debate over conservation easement limits, mitigation ratios and which version of the Unified Development Ordinance should apply.
The commission’s action came after Assistant Superintendent Andy Crombie and civil engineer Jesse Becker presented plans showing building additions, new tennis courts and a retention basin that would affect woodland and wetland areas protected by a conservation easement recorded in 2014. Commissioners said the application’s mitigation numbers, references to the old versus new UDO, and the applicant’s responses to the commission’s question-and-answer form were inconsistent and needed clarification before a formal recommendation could move forward.
Commissioners and staff framed the matter as a choice between preserving woodland and wetlands “in perpetuity” under the…
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