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Commission approves three rezoning requests, including a 21-acre PUD tied to $292,000 participation agreement

Rutherford County Board of Commissioners · January 16, 2026
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Summary

The commission approved three planning items: Jeffrey Turner's rezoning requests (office-professional at 5905 Franklin Road and light-industrial for self-storage at 11642 Franklin Road) and a Laws Bolden Planned Unit Development along Ocala Road conditioned on a participation agreement in which the developer will contribute about $292,000 toward road improvements.

Rutherford County commissioners voted to approve multiple rezoning requests and a related developer participation agreement during the Jan. 15 meeting.

Planning Director Doug DeMasi summarized three public hearings. The first request, REZ25-029 (5905 Franklin Road), asked to rezone a 0.7-acre property from residential medium density to Office Professional to convert a house to office use; staff noted the site will require shared access with neighboring lots and standard buffering…

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