Planning commission recommends rezoning of 310 South Anderson to allow residential use

The Tullahoma Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend rezoning 310 South Anderson Street from C2 (General Commercial) to C3 (Neighborhood Commercial), a change the applicant said would allow the house on the lot to be used as a single-family residence.

Applicant Jeremy Mitchell told the commission he bought the property in August 2015 believing it was residential and later learned it remained commercially zoned after a prior owner did not obtain permits to rezone. “We thought everything was okay when we bought the house,” Mitchell said, describing efforts to sell the property and the decision to apply for rezoning so the family could live there.

Senior Planner Samuel Luthy presented staff findings, saying the 0.23-acre parcel fronts South Anderson Street, is identified in the Comprehensive Development Plan as neighborhood commercial, and meets C3 lot standards. “Staff recommends a positive recommendation to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen for the rezoning of this property,” Luthy told the commission.

Commission discussion focused on the application fee and the broader pattern of similar properties in the area. A commissioner asked whether the city could waive the fee; staff responded that the fee could not be waived. Commissioners noted staff previously rezoned about 60 parcels in an earlier cleanup and said staff could pursue a blanket rezoning for additional affected addresses later in the year. The commission recorded that the fee charged for this application was $300.

The motion to send a favorable recommendation was moved by Mister Seaborn and seconded by Mister Rice; the commission voted to approve the recommendation by voice vote, 6–0. The recommendation will now go to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen for final consideration.

The commission’s action was procedural: it sends a recommendation to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen; it does not itself change the zoning on the parcel.