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Mount Juliet board reconsiders Silver Springs land-use change after notice error; first reading approved
Summary
On Feb. 24 the Mount Juliet Board of Commissioners approved on first reading a reconsideration to change the land-use designation for Silver Springs Phase 8/13 (9621 Lebanon Road) from low- to medium-density, to cure a procedural public-notice error that nullified the earlier vote.
The Mount Juliet Board of Commissioners on Feb. 24 approved on first reading an ordinance to amend the land-use plan for Silver Springs Phase 8/13 at 9621 Lebanon Road (Map 54, Parcel 45), changing the designation from low-density residential to medium-density residential to cure a procedural notice error.
City Attorney explained that after the project's second reading the required public notice for the land-use portion was not updated to reflect a new meeting date following deferrals. “Any vote that occurred is essentially null and void,” the City Attorney said, and the board took the item back up on first reading to correct that procedural defect.
The issue drew public comment earlier in the meeting from Ellen Hooper of Verona Hills, who said residents worried about increased traffic and noted, “TDOT has not included the Highway 70 widening project from Benders Ferry to 109 in their 10-year plan.” Hooper described that as reinforcing residents’ preference for lower density.
Commissioners held no extended debate on the legal question; the item passed on first reading after a motion and second were made on the floor. The transcript records the affirmative voice vote as “Aye,” and the mayor announced that 10a “carries on first reading.” The record does not show a roll-call tally in the transcript.
Because the board moved to cure a procedural notice omission rather than to reopen substantive review of the plan, no new conditions or amendments were recorded in the meeting minutes. Future hearings or subsequent readings may address substantive changes if proposed in later proceedings.
The reconsideration returns the matter to the formal sequence of readings required by the city’s land-use process; the board treated the item as a procedural remedy to restore a valid vote for the public record.
