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Smyrna planning commission recommends 840 Gateway annexation and PUD with conditions on phasing, buffers and truck access
Summary
The Smyrna Municipal Planning Commission voted Nov. 6 to recommend annexation and PUD zoning for the 840 Gateway site (52 Properties LLC) along Mona Road with conditions requiring an internal road connection by phase 3, a 100-foot buffer for homes within 1,000 feet and a restriction on truck traffic south of the complex.
The Smyrna Municipal Planning Commission voted Nov. 6 to recommend annexation and PUD zoning for the 840 Gateway site (52 Properties LLC) along Mona Road and Bill France Road, subject to staff comments and several additional conditions required by commissioners.
The project covers a mixed area: roughly 34.3 acres designated to meet C-2 (commercial) standards and about 190.95 acres to be developed under I-2 (industrial) standards. Staff described proposed limits and prohibitions: a 350,000-square-foot cap in the commercial portion and a 2.5 million-square-foot cap in the industrial area. The applicant requested a 60-foot height limit in the I-2 portion (town code default is 50 feet). Kevin, planning staff, summarized the utilities timeline: “Sewer ... will not exist until the the trunk line gets extended, which is approximately 2 years at minimum,” and noted a Consolidated Utility District (CUD) agreement for water remains unsigned.
Why it mattered: commissioners pressed the developer and staff on public-safety access, traffic impacts and how phasing could leave industrial buildings with only a single…
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