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Planning Commission adds MTSU grading item, debates whether grading reviews should be administrative
Summary
The Planning Commission amended its agenda to add a grading-permit item for the MTSU site and debated whether grading permits should be handled administratively or require commission review; the commission ultimately referred the MTSU grading item back to staff with no negative comments but discussed changing local practice and design standards.
The Planning Commission on March 27 amended its agenda to add a grading-permit item for the Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) site plan and spent substantial time debating whether grading permits should require Planning Commission review or be handled administratively by city staff.
The commission approved the amended agenda to add “new business d,” the MTSU grading item. Planning staff members and commissioners then discussed whether grading review is part of the site-plan approval process or a separate administrative function handled by building and codes staff.
Planning staff said the MTSU package includes a fully developed plan and that grading can precede building permits in some cases, citing previous projects where grading permits were issued before the building permit. Commissioners and staff differed on practice: some said grading review traditionally sits with building and codes and can be handled…
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