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Developer seeks 14 zoning modifications for Ovation PUD in Franklin City
Summary
At a Franklin City neighborhood meeting, Greg Gamble of Highwoods and Center Cal presented Revision 4 to the Ovation PUD and requested 14 modifications to development standards — including angled parking on internal drives, a loading area and screen along Crothers Parkway, expanded signage allowances, and an LED screen in Central Park — with questions raised about transit access and truck deliveries.
Greg Gamble, a landscape architect and land planner representing Highwoods and Center Cal, outlined 14 requested modifications to the Ovation planned unit development at a public neighborhood meeting, saying the changes would not increase residential density but would alter certain development standards to support retail, restaurants and public programming.
"There are no density increases in this proposed master plan revision," Gamble said, and added that "the first modification of standards that we're going to request from the board of mayor and aldermen has to do with permitting angled parking along internal drives." He described angled stalls as short-term, 15–30 minute spaces intended to serve quick visits to shops and cafes while most longer-term parking would be provided in distributed parking decks (Decks E, B, H and L).
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