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Council approves Station Camp master plan rezoning; debate centers on apartment density and traffic
Summary
The Gallatin City Council approved rezoning and a preliminary master development plan for the Station Camp area, authorizing mixed uses that include retail, medical, senior living and apartments. Council members debated apartment density, road capacity and local housing demand before passing the measure 4–2.
The Gallatin City Council on Sept. 2 approved second reading of Ordinance O-02507-42, rezoning roughly 83.82 acres north of Highway 386 and west of Station Camp Boulevard to a mix of commercial, mixed-use and residential plan districts as the Station Camp preliminary master development plan.
The ordinance rezoned 11.965 acres to Planned General Commercial (PGC), approximately 33.67 acres to Mixed Use (MU) and 38.683 acres to R10PRD medium-density residential, and included a preliminary development plan that showed retail, medical offices, senior living and multi-family apartments. The motion passed on second reading with four council members in favor and two opposed (Councilman Hayes and Councilman Fennell).
Council debate centered on the scale and concentration of apartments in the project and on local traffic infrastructure. Several council members said apartments are in high demand in the corridor near Nashville and that the Station Camp area had been planned as a higher-density corridor; supporters said that locating denser housing near services reduces sprawl. "There are other apartments literally right behind where these apartments would be," Councilman Alexander said, noting nearby occupancy rates and arguing the location is suitable for multi-family housing.
Opponents, including Councilman Fennell and Vice Mayor Hayes, expressed concern that the plan adds more apartment units than desirable and urged caution about approving large multi-family projects without more pause. Council discussion also touched on parking and neighborhood connections; city staff said the developer provided more than the minimum required parking and estimated "in the 30 to 40 range" of additional spaces on the property to address visitor parking concerns.
The council approved the ordinance on second reading by a recorded voice vote (4–2). The City will record the zoning atlas revision and the developer must meet the approved master-plan conditions and any engineering requirements for road improvements prior to final platting and building permits.
The council discussion included references to the area's long-term planning and pro-rata road improvement requirements for the Station Camp corridor; staff said engineering studies and further road work are pending and will be part of project permitting.
