Commission recommends ordinance to let town‑center façades meet brick requirement by averaging elevations
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The commission recommended approval of a zoning text amendment aligning C‑1 mixed‑use town‑center façade rules with the town's architectural design standards so new buildings can meet the 75% face‑brick requirement as a four‑elevation average rather than on every individual elevation.
The Farragut Municipal Planning Commission voted to recommend an amendment to Appendix A, Chapter 3, Section 12 (General Commercial District C‑1) to permit new buildings in the mixed‑use town center subarea to comply with the 75% face‑brick requirement based on an average of the four elevations rather than requiring 75% brick on each exterior wall.
Staff explained that the change aligns the zoning ordinance text with the town's separately adopted architectural design standards for the town center, which already allow averaging across elevations. The amendment aims to give flexibility for new construction to better match older adjacent buildings that predate the town‑center standards. "Our main goal is to match the existing," a representative of The Architecture Collaborative said at the podium.
Staff recommended approval of Resolution PC‑25‑10, which forwards Ordinance 25‑20 to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen; commissioners moved and approved the recommendation by voice vote. No citizens signed up to speak against the amendment.
If the Board of Mayor and Aldermen adopts the ordinance, new commercial construction in the town‑center subarea would follow the aligned text and the architectural design standards to determine façade material compliance.