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Simpson County officials scrutinize City of Franklin planning changes and industrial-park tax split

Simpson County Fiscal Court · March 1, 2026

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Summary

County officials said the City of Franklin has enacted Planning & Zoning text amendments and is proposing stop-work authority for its codes officer; the court prefers a joint agreement on erosion-control oversight and flagged a change from an 80/20 to a 70/30 occupational-tax split for industrial parks, with Simpson County already agreeing to that split for the Stone-Givens park.

Simpson County Judge/Executive Mason Bames told the Fiscal Court on Nov. 21 that the City of Franklin has passed and proposed several text amendments to its planning and zoning regulations without full county involvement.

Among the proposed changes is authority for the city codes enforcement…

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