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Cookeville council sends proposed CN drive-through amendment back to planning commission after neighborhood opposition
Summary
After a public hearing with multiple neighborhood speakers citing noise, headlights, and odors, the Cookeville City Council voted 5-0 to send a proposed zoning amendment concerning drive-through restaurants in the CN (Neighborhood Commercial) district back to the planning commission for further review and possible additional standards.
The Cookeville City Council voted unanimously July 3 to send a proposed amendment governing drive-through restaurants in the CN (Neighborhood Commercial) zoning district back to the planning commission for further review.
Planner Chad Ward told council the amendment stems from a citizen application and detailed the history of Ordinance O18-0510 and the planning commission recommendation. Ward said the city’s CN zoning covers about 107.67 acres (18.38 acres of which is the city cemetery on Spring Street) and that the 2018 amendment had allowed drive-throughs with location requirements but did not provide for a public hearing. He said additional…
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