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Commission approves two commercial rezones near soccer complex on Stewarts Ferry Pike and Murfreesboro Road
Summary
Wilson County commissioners unanimously approved two rezonings: a 3.76-acre A1-to-C5 rezoning with PUD overlay at 9303 Stewarts Ferry Pike and a 5.01-acre A1-to-C3 rezoning on Murfreesboro Road. The first includes use restrictions in the PUD overlay.
Wilson County commissioners voted unanimously to approve two rezoning requests during the public hearing portion of their Oct. 20 meeting.
The first approved application was filed by Thomas E. Knowles to rezone approximately 3.76 acres at 9303 Stewarts Ferry Pike from A-1 (agricultural) to C-5 (interchange commercial) with a planned-unit development (PUD) overlay. Christopher (planning staff) told the commission the Planning Commission reviewed the request on Sept. 19 and forwarded it with a positive recommendation. The PUD overlay allows the applicant to limit specific uses. Christopher read the applicant’s proposed prohibited uses, which include liquor stores, businesses deriving 50% or more of sales from tobacco or vaping products, and truck stops. The applicant’s representative, Byron Gill of Rochelle McCullough & Allies, said the application was converted to an SP (special plan) application to restrict uses such as truck stops and said the applicant was prepared to answer questions.
Commissioner Jones moved approval of the Knowles rezoning; a second was recorded and the commission voted unanimously to approve the request. Staff noted the parcel is located directly across from the new soccer park and that a pump station easement is present on the same side of the creek; applicants told commissioners they had included the easement in their master plan and planned to work around it.
The second application, filed by James Comer, requested rezoning of roughly 5.01 acres on Murfreesboro Road from A-1 to C-3 (highway commercial). That property lies within Lebanon’s urban growth boundary and had been considered by the Lebanon City Planning Commission, which forwarded a positive recommendation. Commissioner Evans moved approval; a second was recorded and the commission voted unanimously.
No conditions beyond the PUD use restrictions were imposed at the meeting. Commissioners reiterated that if the applicant later seeks any use that the PUD explicitly prohibits, such as a truck stop, liquor store or a business deriving more than half its sales from tobacco products, the applicant would be required to seek a master plan amendment and return to the commission for approval.
