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Planning commission sets March 11 hearing for Kroger rezoning on Memorial Boulevard
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Summary
Staff and the Kroger applicant presented a rezoning and PCD proposal for a standalone Kroger (plus fuel/convenience) at Tillinook Lane and Memorial Boulevard; residents raised drainage, traffic and trash-noise concerns and the commission set a March 11 public hearing.
The Murfreesboro Planning Commission on Feb. 18 set a public hearing for March 11 on a Kroger rezoning that would allow a standalone Kroger store and a fuel/convenience station at the southwest corner of Tillinook Lane and Memorial Boulevard.
Staff (Mr. Barbee) said the application consolidates three parcels into one site and that staff will present an updated use chart before the public hearing. Staff also reported a Feb. 10 neighborhood meeting that was "very well attended" — "I counted over 30 residents at the meeting," staff said — and summarized recurring concerns about drainage, traffic increases and potential noise from early-morning trash collection and vendor deliveries.
Randy Perry, representing the applicant Goodwin Mills Caywood, told commissioners the design includes a truck well with an interior compactor and a brick screen wall so that trash collection is contained inside the truck well; he said delivery schedules and the compactor arrangement should limit late-night noise. "The trash is embedded into the compactor from the interior. And then the truck comes and loads up the entire unit and leaves," Perry said during the meeting.
Commissioners asked for additional visuals showing sight lines from nearby backyards, berm heights and the proposed Type E planted buffer; the applicant agreed to provide a profile drawing to show elevations and the 4-foot berm plus plantings that staff said will screen the development from adjacent residential lots. The commission voted to set the public hearing for March 11.
Next steps: staff will provide updated application materials and visual profiles ahead of the March 11 hearing so residents and commissioners can review sight lines, drainage plans and proposed buffering before public comment and a final decision.
