Tullahoma planning commission approves multiple rezonings, subdivisions and appointments
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At its Feb. 23 meeting the Tullahoma Planning Commission approved several rezoning recommendations to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, signed off on multiple subdivision final plats and a commercial site plan, appointed a new chair and vice chair, and added a UTC heat-risk map to the 2045 plan.
The Tullahoma Planning Commission on Feb. 23 voted on a slate of routine and land-use items, approving recommendations on rezones, several subdivision plats, a commercial site plan and leadership appointments.
The commission approved minutes from the January meeting and carried motions to add two items to the agenda: an appointment of a new chairman and consideration of a heat-risk/planting map for the 2045 comprehensive plan. By unanimous votes the panel then approved a series of recommendations to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, including favorable recommendations for rezoning requests at 4401/401 Lemon Street (applicant Vernon Cole), 700 South Washington Street (applicant Susan Baker) and 1809 Old Estill Springs Road (request related to Tennessee Apparel Corp.). The commission also sent a non-favorable recommendation for a portion of Jean Drive that sits in the city’s urban growth boundary; staff and commissioners cited fire-access and drainage concerns.
On subdivision business the commission approved a three-lot final plat at 1002 West Lincoln Street; minor subdivisions at 1329 Ledford Mill Road, 1646 Riley Creek Road and 1804 North Jackson Street (the Taco Bell parcel); and approved a site plan for an Ace Hardware garden center and small propane enclosure at 1711 North Jackson Street. The commission approved rezoning Lot 38 in Southern Harmony Estates from R-1 to C-3 to allow potential multifamily development, with one commissioner recusing and the motion carrying.
Appointments were also handled: the commission moved to appoint a new chair and then to fill the vice-chair position; both motions carried. Commissioners voted unanimously to add a heat-risk index map produced by the University of Tennessee Chattanooga Center for Applied Geospatial Data Science, at the request of Alderman Bird and the tree board, to the 2045 comprehensive plan before its second reading.
No individual vote tallies were read into the record for most items; motions were typically passed by voice vote with "aye" responses. The commission adjourned and then convened the Board of Zoning Appeals to complete its brief agenda before adjourning for the evening.