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Planning commission approves Nolensville Pike event‑center specific plan with conditions
Summary
The Metropolitan Planning Commission approved a specific‑plan rezoning for an 8.09‑acre mixed‑use event center on Nolensville Pike, limiting outdoor events and overnight stays and requiring landscape buffers and other conditions following public comment about trees, noise and renderings.
The Metropolitan Planning Commission on Feb. 27 approved a request to rezone about 8.09 acres along Nolensville Pike to a specific plan to permit a mixed‑use event center and related commercial uses.
The staff presenter, Matt Shai, described the site plan as two small front buildings for office, retail and restaurants, a larger central building of up to 30,000 square feet for indoor amusement/commercial uses, and six 625‑square‑foot accessory structures intended for day‑of event staging. Shai said the plan preserves stream buffers and steep slopes and limits all buildings to two stories and 35 feet.
Why it matters: The approval allows an event‑oriented commercial use — described by the applicant as a wedding and indoor event venue — on land that had been discussed for residential development. Commissioners and staff framed conditions to reduce impacts on nearby homes and preserve conservation features.
Michael Gerigan, an engineer with Dale & Associates representing the property owners, told the commission the applicants removed outdoor music and outdoor venues from the proposal after community discussion and replaced overnight cabins with on‑site staging spaces. “My client is a … very thoughtful man,” Gerigan said, describing the changes aimed at reducing traffic and noise impacts.
At the public hearing, Lisa Rothman, a nearby condominium owner, said her unit faces the property and expressed concern about tree loss, a change from three bungalows to six small structures, and lack of architectural renderings. “I’m having a hard time believing this is not gonna extend outside,” Rothman said, referring to possible outdoor activity.
In deliberations the vice chair said the applicant had been responsive to neighborhood concerns and expressed support for staff’s recommendation. Commissioners voted to approve the specific plan with the conditions recommended by staff; the commission’s approval requires compliance with the added conditions and memorializes limits discussed at the hearing.
What’s next: The project will proceed to final plan and permitting steps subject to the approval conditions and applicable Metro permitting reviews, including any required building and stormwater permits.
Votes at the meeting: Commissioners approved the rezoning request with conditions (motion by the vice chair; second not specified).
