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Mount Juliet planners issue negative recommendation on access‑management rewrite, ask city attorney to reword financial language
Summary
The Planning Commission voted a negative recommendation on a proposed access‑management ordinance rewrite after members warned the draft could require private property owners to share connection costs and be legally unenforceable; commissioners asked staff and the city attorney to rework the wording.
Mount Juliet — On Nov. 20 the Mount Juliet Planning Commission gave a negative recommendation to a proposed rewrite of the city’s access‑management rules, asking the Board of Commissioners to return the measure to staff for legal redrafting.
The draft amendment aimed to clarify when cross‑access, joint‑use driveways and stubs must be provided and how connections are managed. Supporters said the rewrite provided clearer guidance to developers; critics warned that a clause as written could retroactively impose shared…
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