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Board allows 50-space gravel parking lot with retention plan; one commissioner dissents
Summary
The board approved a special exception for a 50-space automotive parking lot at 213 Double Springs Road and granted a variance to allow compacted gravel instead of paving, subject to landscaping and stormwater mitigation; one commissioner voted no.
Rutherford County’s Board of Zoning Appeals approved a request to establish an automotive parking lot of about 50 spaces at 213 Double Springs Road and granted variance relief to allow a compacted gravel surface rather than paving.
Planning staff said the property was rezoned to Commercial General in 2018; the applicant seeks a special exception for vehicle parking and a variance to avoid paving. Bill Huddleston of Huddleston Steel Engineering, representing the Moody brothers, said the design includes a landscaping buffer and a retention pond that will reduce stormwater runoff from the site by roughly 30 percent, and that compacted rock will be used to minimize dust.
Commissioners questioned soils, dust mitigation and whether the lots were intended for daily commuter parking versus long-term storage. Huddleston said compacted rock will be used and that future paving could occur if a commercial building is later developed.
After discussion, the board voted to approve the special exception and the variance with staff comments. The recorded roll call showed one no vote from a board member; the motion passed by majority.
Staff will require site-plan review and buffering where the parking area abuts residentially zoned parcels, and the applicant must satisfy stormwater and site-plan requirements before operations begin.
