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Planning Commission recommends annexation and approves Tillman Place master plan but voters voice traffic concerns
Summary
The Planning Commission voted to recommend annexation and to forward the Tillman Place preliminary master plan and plan of services on Central Pike to the Board of Commissioners with a positive recommendation, while residents urged delay and stronger off‑site infrastructure because of traffic and drainage concerns.
The Mount Juliet Planning Commission voted to recommend annexation and to forward the Tillman Place preliminary master development plan (PMDP) and plan of services to the Board of Commissioners with positive recommendation, while hearing strong resident concerns about traffic, school capacity and sight distance at Central Pike.
Tillman Place (6235 Central Pike) is a proposed residential development comprised of roughly 37 units (a mix of single‑family detached lots and a clustered townhome area) located on land that straddles the city boundary and the unincorporated area. The developers and their design team presented a plan emphasizing preservation of a central stream corridor, pocket parks and trails, private townhouse courts with alley access, and larger executive lots near the site’s northern edge. The team said the townhome portion would be RM or RMA‑style product for sale, while the detached lot averages are sized to transition to existing neighbors.
Planning staff recommended a positive recommendation for annexation, the land use amendment for the southern parcel and the PMDP, provided stated conditions and waivers — including requested waivers for private streets within the townhouse courts and for the townhome alley/parking treatments. The developer said the project will deliver turn lanes at key accesses and offered to fund or construct a signalized intersection at Central Pike and Pleasant Grove as part of off‑site improvements.
Residents spoke in large numbers. Speakers from adjacent neighborhoods said Central Pike already suffers visibility problems and frequent congestion at John Wright Road and Pleasant Grove; several noted recent traffic incidents and asked for postponement until larger corridor improvements or the planned interchange are in place. “Please come try to pull out of John Wright,” said resident Liz Grama, describing long morning queues and traffic safety concerns. Neighbors also raised questions about school capacity and stormwater impacts.
Commissioners and staff discussed the interchange planned by TDOT and the city, timing uncertainties, and required off‑site improvements. Public Works staff said sewer easements and TVA/utility approvals remain outstanding for parts of the project and asked the commission to require documented utility access prior to Board of Commissioners action. After public comment and staff discussion, the commission voted to forward annexation and the PMDP with a positive recommendation and with staff conditions (including submittal of required easements and further utility documentation) and granted a waiver for the townhouse clubhouse requirement.
The commission also recorded a separate earlier negative recommendation for a different Mirabella PUD land use amendment on Lebanon Road (item 10a) during the same meeting; the Tillman Place items will proceed to the Board of Commissioners for final action and any required conditions.
