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Smyrna council approves zoning text amendments for special institutional care facilities and PRD buffer requirements
Summary
Council approved text changes to the municipal zoning ordinance to define and regulate special institutional care facilities, allow them as a special exception in the I‑3 heavy industrial district with parking and conditions, and to add a 20‑foot landscape buffer where a PRD abuts R‑1 in town or RM in Rutherford County.
The Smyrna Town Council approved two separate text amendments to the Smyrna Municipal Zoning Ordinance after public hearings and staff presentations.
First, the council approved an amendment that clarifies definitions and conditions for “special institutional care facilities.” The changes create a…
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