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Bradley County committee preliminarily agrees to redraw urban growth boundary along Withrow Road; revised map to return to public hearing
Summary
A Bradley County planning committee noted a request to move the proposed urban growth boundary to follow Withrow Road near the landfill, agreed to ask staff for a revised map and to bring that map back at the next public hearing before forwarding to municipal and county bodies for final consideration.
The Bradley County Comprehensive Growth Plan Committee on an early February public hearing preliminarily accepted a request to adjust the county's proposed urban growth boundary so the line follows Withrow Road near the landfill, and directed planning staff to prepare a revised map for the committee's next public hearing.
Committee chair Adam Lewis opened the hearing and acknowledged a request from Commissioner Cindy Slater on behalf of Dr. Linda Cash to modify the south-southwest portion of the proposed boundary so it follows Withrow Road down to the intersection with Nature Trail, which leads toward the landfill.
Why it matters: The committee is preparing a map that will guide where the county expects residential and nonresidential growth for the next planning period. Tom Scribe, a committee member who said he previously served on the county commission, told the group the panel must align the map with the statutory 20-year planning…
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