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Planning staff: Jeffrey Howland seeks rezoning on Las Casas Pike; planning commission recommended approval
Summary
Planning staff told the committee that applicant Jeffrey Howland has applied to rezone an existing gas station and adjacent property on Las Casas Pike to Commercial Services; the planning commission recommended approval unanimously and any redevelopment would require site‑plan review and possibly a traffic study with TDOT involvement.
Doug DeMasi, Rutherford County planning and engineering director, briefed the committee on a rezoning application by Jeffrey Howland for properties on Las Casas Pike slated for the county commission's consideration next week. The applicant seeks to rezone the existing convenience market at 3299 Las Casas Pike from Commercial Neighborhood to Commercial Services and to rezone about 4 acres of a larger adjacent tract from RM (residential) to CS (Commercial Services); the remainder of that larger tract would remain residential.
DeMasi told commissioners the existing single‑family house on the larger parcel would become a legally established nonconforming use if the rezoning is approved and that any redevelopment would require submission of a site plan to planning and engineering with review of access, parking, landscaping and performance standards. He said the planning commission asked about potential intersection improvements at Compton Road and Las Casas Pike; because those roads are state highways, the Tennessee Department of Transportation would need to be involved, and the county would also be party where county roads intersect.
Context and next steps: DeMasi said the planning commission recommended approval unanimously after a public hearing. The rezoning will be considered at next week's board of commissioners meeting; if approved by the county commission, future redevelopment would be subject to site‑plan review, performance standards and any traffic improvements recommended by an engineering study.
Ending: DeMasi and county staff offered to answer questions and to follow up on requested traffic‑study records for the intersection, which commissioners asked staff to locate.
