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Planning board backs rezoning of 9-acre Old Bailey Highway tract to Office & Institutional
Summary
The Town of Nashville Planning Board voted to recommend rezoning a 9‑acre tract along Old Bailey Highway from R‑10 (medium‑density residential) to O&I (Office & Institutional). Applicant Stocks Engineering said the site was chosen for its adjacency to existing water and sewer; no site plan was submitted with the rezoning request.
The Town of Nashville Planning Board voted Jan. 6, 2025, to recommend approval of a rezoning request (RZ‑2024‑05) to change a 9‑acre tract on Old Bailey Highway from R‑10 (medium‑density residential) to O&I (Office & Institutional).
Kevin Barnier of Stocks Engineering, representing the applicant (identified in the application materials as 3 LRTD Partnership / 3MR LTD, LLC), told the board the owner has no specific site plan at this time and requested rezoning to make the tract marketable and to align the parcel with adjacent uses. Barnier said the site is adjacent to the Austin Street pump station, placing sewer and water infrastructure immediately adjacent to the property.
Staff reported the application was received Dec. 9, 2024, and neighborhood notices were mailed and posted in December; the packet included National GIS mapping that showed the parcel’s location and identified watershed and flood-zone data. Staff noted the parcel is shown in the GIS as being in an Upper Stoney Creek watershed and marked in the packet as flood zone S (staff said that indicates the property is not in a regulatory floodplain). One resident questioned the watershed label and staff said it could be a clerical GIS error that they would verify with state mapping (DEQ) before the council hearing.
The staff report described the surrounding zoning as mostly residential (R‑10 and A‑1 farmland) and concluded the O&I designation would allow uses that create a transition between commercial and residential areas. Staff recommended the rezoning as consistent with the Town of Nashville 2021 Comprehensive Plan, noting the site’s access to existing water and sewer.
After public comment and questions from board members, the board made and seconded a motion to recommend approval of RZ‑2024‑05. The motion carried and the staff packet and recommendation will be forwarded to the Town Council for final action.
No site plan was submitted with the rezoning application; staff and the applicant said any future development would be subject to site‑plan review and applicable stormwater and water‑quality requirements. Staff reminded the board that impervious-surface limits in the watershed differ by use type (staff cited a 36% impervious allowance for certain nonresidential development and 24% for residential with curb and gutter as the local rule-of-thumb noted in the packet).
