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Board OKs special-exception request for Rutherford County medical examiner lab and EMS facility

2376680 · February 21, 2025
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Summary

The Smyrna Board of Zoning Appeals granted a special exception allowing Rutherford County to locate a medical examiner lab and EMS building in an I-2 district on Weekley Lane; site plan review by the Planning Commission and building-permit review remain required.

The Smyrna Board of Zoning Appeals on a voice vote granted Rutherford County a special exception to allow a government administrative services use — a medical examiner laboratory and an EMS facility — on an industrially zoned property with access off Weekley Lane.

Town staff told the board the property already contains county facilities, including the county clerk's office and a recycling facility, and that the proposed uses are listed as a special exception in the I-2 district. Staff…

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