Planning Commission recommends rezoning two parcels on E Street and West Street to RS-4

The Murfreesboro Planning Commission on March 5 recommended that two parcels along E Street and West Street be rezoned from RM-16 to RS-4 to resolve a lot-line encroachment and allow creation of a buildable single-family lot.

Planning staff presented the application on behalf of applicants Elijah Montgomery and Nancy Morris. Matthew Barbee, planning staff, said the parcel facing E Street once contained a single-family dwelling that was built across the common property line and that the rezoning would “allow the resubdivision of these 2 lots in order to eliminate the existing encroachment over the lot line.”

The commission’s staff report said the requested RS-4 zoning is consistent with the Murfreesboro 2035 comprehensive plan’s “auto urban residential” future land-use designation and that constructing a single-family detached home would be compatible with surrounding uses, which are primarily single-family detached dwellings with some apartments.

No members of the public spoke during the public hearing. A commissioner moved to approve the rezoning “subject to all staff comments”; the motion carried with recorded “aye” votes from a majority of commissioners and the chair. The commission’s recommendation will be forwarded to the Murfreesboro City Council for a final decision.

The commission’s action was a recommendation only; any change in zoning would take effect only if the city council adopts an ordinance amending the zoning map.