Planning commission recommends PD amendment, rezoning for 45-acre northern tract pending revised traffic study

The Collierville Planning Commission on Thursday recommended approval of a planned-development amendment and a companion rezoning that would convert roughly 45.58 acres of forest agricultural residential land to shopping-center commercial, mixed use and medical-professional-office districts, but commissioners required that an updated traffic-impact study be revised and approved before the Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BMA) acts.

Planning staff presented the proposal as two related requests: a major PD amendment to allow retail, office and mixed-use development on about 45 acres of the northern track and a rezoning to align base zoning districts with the revised PD outline plan. The subject property lies on the west side of Houston-Levy Road north of State Route 385. Maria, a planning staff member presenting the item, told commissioners the applicant originally received PD approval in 2022 for a larger mixed-use development and that preliminary subdivision infrastructure approvals had not yet been installed for this northern tract.

The commission’s recommendation follows staff findings that the PD amendment and rezoning are consistent with the town’s 2040 land-use plan and with earlier rezoning within the development, but the town’s traffic engineer…