Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Zoning topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Planning staff, commissioners recommend against rezoning Kennedy Lane parcel to C-5
Summary
Clarksville planning staff told the Planning Commission a request to change a parcel at the north end of Kennedy Lane from C-4 to C-5 to allow a nursery is inconsistent with the future land-use map; the commission recommended disapproval and staff said an agricultural-commercial zone would better permit a nursery operation.
The Clarksville Planning Commission reviewed a request to rezone a parcel at the north terminus of Kennedy Lane from C-4 to C-5, planning staff said, and recommended disapproval.
Planning staff told commissioners the property is a gravel lot with a long-standing billboard, lies in Council Ward Number 12 in the Saint Bethlehem planning area and abuts a FEMA-designated flood area at its west edge. Staff said the applicant told staff they believed the existing zoning allowed operation of a nursery but later learned it did not and therefore sought rezoning.
Staff said converting the property from C-4 to C-5 (Highway/Arterial Commercial) would allow a broader range of auto-oriented commercial uses, including hotels, motels and restaurants, which staff said are not complementary to the adjacent suburban neighborhood shown on the city’s future land-use map. Staff also noted the parcel has limited usable frontage on the arterial highway, reducing conventional commercial-development potential.
The street department did not require a traffic assessment for the rezoning at this stage, staff said. Planning staff told the commission that an agricultural-commercial zone classification would permit a nursery operation while reducing the intensity of allowable commercial uses compared with C-5.
Councilman Streetman asked whether staff or other city officials had communicated with the applicant during the months the application was before the regional planning commission. Staff replied they had discussed the matter with a Mr. Thompson in their office but that the applicant proceeded with the C-5 alternative after a prior deferral that had been intended to allow a change to an agricultural-commercial request.
The planning commission recommended disapproval of the C-5 rezoning request; the transcript does not record a subsequent formal council vote on the matter during this meeting. The commission’s recommendation and staff comments leave an agricultural-commercial rezoning as the suggested alternative if the applicant wants a zoning designation that would allow nursery uses.
