Lebanon Planning Commission places multiple site plans on consent, forwards rezoning and annexation recommendations

Lebanon — At its recent Planning Commission meeting, staff presented a series of site plans, preliminary plats and code updates; commissioners placed multiple items on the consent agenda and discussed several staff recommendations to forward matters to city council.

On consent the commission agreed to advance preliminary plat approval for Bel Air at Beckwith (American Communities), preliminary plat approval for Barton Village Commercial Roads (SB Barton Village LLC), and a site plan amendment for the Wilson Farms/Walmart Supercenter that would add about 23,400 square feet of roofed area to an existing 33.51‑acre development at 123 Wilson Farms Boulevard. Commissioners also accepted a revised buffer plan for the Common Man Trust mass grading proposal after the project representative said she had emailed a Type C landscape buffer plan that includes plantings and a fence; the commission agreed to include that revised plan and move the item to consent.

Staff introduced a rezoning request from Gary Whitaker for about 0.82 acres at 718 West Main Street, asking to change zoning from RD‑9 to commercial mixed use. Whitaker said his intent is to renovate the building (new windows, new roof) and rent it; staff characterized the Planning Commission action as a recommendation to city council with a first reading and public hearing scheduled for Feb. 3 and a second reading on Feb. 17.

The commission also reviewed a request from the Wilson County Road Commission to annex roughly 3.88 acres of right‑of‑way on Martha Levall Road and assign RS‑S‑9 zoning; staff said the county and city have agreed the city will maintain that stretch and recommended forwarding the annexation to city council to avoid future confusion. Staff further described a housekeeping update to subdivision regulations to align with the newly adopted zoning code and a staff request to approve Scrivener's corrections to the zoning code (fixing omissions introduced during the code update).

Where plans required conditions the commission and staff noted them on the record: the Common Man Trust grading plan must show the required Type C buffer and trees prior to a grading permit being issued, and several items were noted as recommendations to city council rather than final city approvals. No detailed roll‑call vote tallies appear in the transcript; the meeting record indicates concurrence on consent items but does not include formal vote counts in the provided segments.

The commission adjourned with a reminder about the next meeting date.