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Franklin City extends Gateway Village vesting and approves annexations, rezoning for several parcels
Summary
The Board approved a 24‑month vesting extension for the Gateway Village PUD at 120 Davenport Boulevard and unanimously approved multiple annexation initiation, plan of services and rezoning items, including an 18.71‑acre annexation initiation for Clover Croft Road and a 79.89‑acre annexation with corresponding agricultural/Hillcrest overlay zoning.
The Franklin City Board of Mayor and Aldermen on March 10 voted to extend vested rights for Gateway Village PUD and approved several annexation and rezoning measures tied to ongoing local development.
The board approved Resolution 2025-107 to extend vesting for the Gateway Village PUD—property located south of Linwood Way and west of Franklin Road at 120 Davenport Boulevard—for 24 months, from April 10, 2026 until April 10, 2028. Staff told the board the development plan, first approved in October 2021, covers roughly 60.5 acres with a density of about 6.75 dwelling units per acre and about 144,258 square feet of nonresidential space; a prior three‑year extension was granted in October 2024. Staff and the Franklin Municipal Planning Commission recommended approval; Jim Lukens, the applicant’s engineer, attended to answer questions. Staff said that if vesting lapses the applicant would need to restart the review and permitting process and that, while the current plan generally complies with current zoning, a new submission would require updated parkland agreements and traffic studies.
The board also initiated annexation review for about 18.71 acres north of Clover Croft Road (Resolution 2025-110) after presentations from Matt Huff of Gamble Design Collaborative and Mike Burton of Landmark Investments, who described a proposed community of about 40 single‑family homes and early transportation studies the applicant has begun. Board members said they supported initiating the plan-of-services process so staff and the developer could study traffic and infrastructure options; the vote authorizes staff to prepare the Plan of Services and for the applicant to continue required studies but does not commit the city to final annexation.
Additionally, the board approved a plan of services and annexation for a parcel south of V Line and west of Columbia Pike (Resolution 2025-105 and Resolution 2025-106) and adopted Ordinance 2025‑53 to zone that 79.89‑acre parcel to agricultural with a Hillcrest overlay, following a Planning Commission amendment to align the overlay with the conservation line shown in Envision Franklin. Staff noted that sanitary sewer is not currently available to the parcel and that sewer extension by the property owner would be required for development under Franklin Water Management rules.
Aldermen asked staff and applicants to prioritize transportation connectivity and to consider setbacks and street tree buffering in designs. Multiple board members said they hoped to see the properties developed in ways that minimize traffic impacts and fit with adjacent neighborhoods. All annexation and rezoning items in the public hearings were approved by the board at the meeting.
Next steps for each item include the applicant’s continued preparation of a Plan of Services, any required traffic and utility studies, and subsequent formal submittals to planning staff and the Planning Commission as part of the standard review and, if requested by applicants, rezoning and three‑reading procedures before the board.
