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Council approves rezoning at Old Russellville Pike after tense debate over drainage
Summary
The Clarksville City Council approved on first reading a rezoning for 1911 Old Russellville Pike, 7–6, after developers presented a hydrology study and pledged to pay about $209,000 for drainage improvements. Neighbors argued the area already floods and warned the change could worsen traffic and overcrowd schools.
The Clarksville City Council voted 7–6 on March 5 to approve the first reading of an ordinance rezoning 1911 Old Russellville Pike from R‑1 single‑family to R‑2A, a change supporters say will enable remediation of a long‑standing drainage problem and opponents say will add housing and traffic to a flood‑prone neighborhood.
Supporters, led by attorney Larry Ricconi, argued the change is modest — roughly 14 additional lots, from about 35 to roughly 49 — and that the developer funded a hydrology study and intends to construct detention and pipe improvements at the developer’s expense. "This actually identified a problem that addresses all these homeowners," Ricconi said, adding the reported cost to fix drainage on the site is about $209,000 "at no cost to the taxpayers."
Neighbors disputed that account. "My house has been flooding since 2001,"…
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