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Smyrna council denies zoning for 225-acre Fall Creek Commerce PUD after hours of debate
Summary
After extended public comment focused on traffic, flooding and fiscal impacts, the Smyrna Town Council voted to deny the annexation/zoning request for the 225.25-acre Fall Creek Commerce development, citing unresolved infrastructure and truck-traffic concerns despite developer commitments on traffic mitigations.
The Smyrna Town Council voted to deny a zoning and annexation request for a 225.25-acre planned development known as Fall Creek Commerce LLC after more than three hours of public comment and council debate.
Residents and nearby property owners urged the council to reject the proposal, raising traffic safety, flooding and long-term public cost concerns. Kelly Butler, who represents neighbors opposing the plan, told the council that “Hillwood is asking the community and the town to annex this property now and trust that the remaining problems with the plan will be worked out later,” and urged a no vote.
Staff described the development as a mix of C-2 (about 34.3 acres) and I-2 (about 190.95 acres) uses, with maximum building sizes the applicant proposed for the C-2 area at 350,000 square feet and up to 2.5 million square feet in the I-2 area. Planning…
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