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Rutherford County planning staff previews three rezoning applications as full commission readies comprehensive plan vote

Rutherford County Public Works and Planning Committee · January 7, 2026
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Summary

Planning and engineering director Doug DeMasi told the committee three rezoning applications will come before the commission next week: a 21-acre planned commercial development along Ocala Road by Laws Bolden (pattern book shows three buildings ~155,000 sq ft, up to $100,000 toward traffic improvements) and two Jeffrey Turner proposals on Franklin Road. The county’s comprehensive plan will go to the full commission Jan. 22 for possible adoption.

Doug DeMasi, Rutherford County planning and engineering director, told the Public Works and Planning subcommittee on Jan. 6 that staff will bring three rezoning applications to the county commission next week.

One application, from Laws Bolden, would rezone roughly 21 acres along Ocala Road (five parcels north of Interstate 840) to a planned development for mixed commercial uses. “They feel that this development would capitalize on access to Interstate 840,” DeMasi said, and the applicant’s pattern book shows three buildings totaling about 155,000 square feet. The pattern book also states the applicant has committed up to $100,000 toward…

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