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Wilson County Planning Commission denies rezoning request for Carthage Highway property
Summary
The commission on Aug. 16 denied a request to rezone about 7.36 acres on Carthage Highway from agricultural to highway commercial. Staff said the county land-use plan does not call for commercial use there; the applicant can appeal to county court within 10 days.
The Wilson County Planning Commission voted Aug. 16 to deny a rezoning application by Hardikumar Patel to change roughly 7.36 acres on Carthage Highway from A-1 (agricultural) to C-1 (highway commercial). Staff told the commission the county growth and land-use plans do not direct commercial development in that area and therefore recommended denial.
Tom, a planning staff member, said the parcel sits in an area predominately zoned A-1 and noted the presence of sinkholes, wetlands and other stormwater concerns that could affect future development. He also said the property is within the Carthage Highway WEMA Station Eight five-mile ISO response zone and that the county had received no objections from emergency services, utilities or the school system on the application.
Applicant Hardikumar Patel told the commission he filed the rezoning to provide a nearby convenience market for new houses in the area and to offer a closer option than traveling to Smith County or Lebanon. "There's been a lot of new houses and a lot of new neighborhoods," Patel said when asked to state his purpose for the rezoning.
After questions about permitted uses under C-1 and whether a convenience store such as a Dollar General could fit the zoning category, a commissioner moved to deny the application based on existing land-use plans. The motion carried; commissioners Jewell and Woods were recorded as voting no. Planning staff explained the applicant may appeal the planning commission's action to county court in writing within 10 days; if appealed, the county commission would follow with public notice and hearings and consider the planning commission's negative recommendation.
The denial leaves the property in A-1 agricultural zoning. If the applicant pursues an appeal, the county commission will consider the matter at a future public meeting.
