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Council reviews C‑5 extension request on Dover Road; traffic volume and signal warrants raised
Summary
James Page requested a 1.4‑acre extension of C‑5 zoning on Dover Road; staff and the planning commission recommended approval. Council members and the street department discussed traffic counts, signal warrants and utility relocation concerns ahead of site‑plan review.
Council members on April 24 considered a planning commission case from applicant James Page seeking to extend C‑5 Highway and Arterial Commercial District for a 1.4‑acre parcel located about 200 feet east of the Dover Road and Walker Circle intersection.
Planning staff presented a zoning map and the future land use designation, describing the area as a mixed‑residential neighborhood where neighborhood‑serving commercial uses on major roads are appropriate. Staff said the request is consistent with the adopted comprehensive plan and recommended approval; the planning commission likewise recommended approval.
Council members focused on traffic and utilities. Councilman Chandler noted the 2024 traffic count cited in the traffic assessment—19,926 vehicles per day—and said the study examined the PM peak but did not provide an AM peak count. Chandler said the roadway is a long, fast stretch where additional conflict points could be hazardous without improved signals or other mitigation.
Street department staff confirmed the department accepted the submitted traffic assessment and that TDOT also reviewed and verified the study. Staff flagged a relocation of overhead electrical utilities as a precondition to site plan approval; an easement or relocation will be required before any site plan is approved.
Staff noted that C‑5 does not allow residential uses and that no adverse environmental issues were identified at this stage. Councilman McLaughlin and others urged careful consideration of existing undeveloped C‑5 parcels along Dover Road and whether adding more commercial zoning is premature if existing commercially zoned parcels remain undeveloped.
The planning commission recommended approval and staff recommended approval; the transcript does not record a final council vote on the ordinance number associated with this case (ordinance 79 20 24 25).
