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Commissioners approve two rezoning requests: River of Life Church and explosives-storage PUD
Summary
The board approved two planning items: rezoning REZ24‑016 for River of Life Church to institutional, including temporary school buildings, and REZ24‑018 to permit a planned unit development for explosives storage with ATF and fire‑marshal safeguards; both passed after unanimous planning commission recommendations.
Rutherford County commissioners on Aug. 15 approved two separate rezoning requests following staff presentations and unanimous planning commission recommendations.
The first, REZ24‑016, permits the River of Life Church at 8200 Safari Way to rezone roughly 57 acres from light‑industrial to institutional. Planning Director Doug DeMasi said the applicant intends to use portable classroom buildings for a K–12 school initially, with an estimated 40 students (maximum 60–70) in the temporary facilities; staff noted portions of the property are within the 100‑year flood plain but the temporary structures as shown were outside the flood‑impacted area. Commissioner Romel McMurray moved to approve the rezoning; the motion carried without opposition.
The second, REZ24‑018, concerns a ~71‑acre site on Midland Fosterville Road where the applicant proposes to relocate an existing explosives‑storage facility to a 9–10 acre portion of the property under a planned unit development. DeMasi said the use is storage‑only (no manufacturing or mixing), is subject to ATF requirements and local fire‑marshal separation and building‑code rules, and requires engineered site plans and a Type 3 vegetative buffer where industrial zoning adjoins residential parcels. Commissioner Jonathan Beverly moved to approve REZ24‑018 with staff comments; the motion carried by voice vote. Commissioners asked for and received assurances that federal and fire‑marshal standards would be enforced prior to occupancy.
Both approvals follow planning commission unanimous recommendations and include staff conditions requiring final engineered plans, compliance with building and fire codes, and buffers as required by county regulations.
