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Commission approves 97‑lot Patterson Ridge subdivision after compromise on street connections and traffic study
Summary
After a lengthy public hearing, the Shelby County commission approved a substitute resolution allowing the Patterson Ridge preliminary plan to proceed with conditions, including a limit on road connections and a requirement for a traffic-impact study to guide final connection decisions. The vote was 10–1.
The Shelby County Board of Commissioners approved a substitute resolution clearing the way for a 97‑lot major subdivision — known as Patterson Ridge — west of Billy Mayer Road, after opponents and the applicant reached a compromise on street connections and other conditions.
Commissioners heard roughly an hour of presentations from the Division of Planning and Development, neighborhood opponents and the applicant before adopting a revised set of conditions that the parties negotiated. The substitute resolution, amended on the floor to add a requirement that at least two street connections be provided (one of which must be to Billy Mayer Road) and that final connections be determined after a traffic-impact study reviewed with the county engineer, passed by a 10–1 vote.
Why it matters: The project reactivates a subdivision concept first approved in 2004 but never finally platted. Nearby residents repeatedly raised…
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