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Simpson County officials scrutinize City of Franklin planning changes and industrial-park tax split
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 officer to issue stop-work orders on building sites, a change county Planning & Zoning officials questioned. The county’s Planning & Zoning Commission tabled the most recent city proposal, and county officials said they prefer a joint approach to erosion-control oversight rather than unilateral city authority.
Judge Bames also said the occupational-tax split used to fund the Industrial Authority previously followed an 80/20 city/county split but has been changed to 70/30 for businesses within industrial parks. Simpson County has entered a 70/30 agreement for the newly created Stone-Givens industrial park; the City of Franklin had not yet officially agreed to the same split for that park.
County officials indicated a joint meeting with the city is likely to resolve P&Z and fire-department coordination questions. No formal interlocal agreement was approved at the Nov. 21 meeting.
