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Commission reviews consolidated zoning ordinance and proposed PUD rules
Summary
Commissioners reviewed a consolidated HTCG zoning ordinance draft that adds optional Planned Unit Development (PUD) rules to tie site plans to zoning. Staff said the change is optional and intended to prevent 'open zoning' surprises; commissioners asked for clarifying language and warned against over-governing.
The Trousdale County Commission spent a portion of Wednesday night’s work session reviewing a proposed consolidated zoning ordinance that would reorganize existing rules and add an optional Planned Unit Development (PUD) section.
Planning staff and the ordinance consultant explained the rewrite removes outdated 1990s language, updates department names and consolidates numerical requirements into a single matrix to make setbacks, lot widths and permitted uses easier to consult. "We were not going to be creating any new zoning laws," said an ordinance reviewer (Unidentified Speaker 7), describing edits that…
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