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Wilson County board denies request to increase gated-community lot limit from 50 to 75
Summary
The board denied a developer's request to raise the county's 50-lot cap for gated communities to 75 at a Hartsville Pike site, following resident concerns about traffic and flood/septic impacts and staff recommendation to deny. The vote passed 3-2.
The Wilson County board denied a developer’s request to allow 75 lots behind a gate at a proposed Hartsville Pike subdivision, upholding the county’s 50-lot limit for gated communities.
Hayden Deberry of Lee Smith & Associates, speaking for Hartsville Development LLC, asked the board to permit 75 lots on a roughly 170.59-acre tract, saying most proposed lots exceed the 40,000-square-foot minimum and that the developer had coordinated with the Tennessee Department of Transportation on a recommended southbound left-turn lane and a…
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