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Council approves annexation and industrial rezoning for 70-acre Hollingshead Land site with developer-funded sewer work
Summary
The council approved annexation and C-2/I-1 zoning for 70.08 acres along West Jefferson Pike requested by Hollingshead Land LLC; the developer will be responsible for sewer extension under I-840 and a lift station, and councilors pressed for a traffic signal at McCormick Court to mitigate truck access concerns.
Smyrna’s Town Council approved the annexation and zoning requested by Hollingshead Land LLC for roughly 70.08 acres along West Jefferson Pike, a move the town says will enable industrial development with required infrastructure improvements paid by the developer.
Kevin (planning staff) told council that the request would annex two parcels (4657 and 4665 West Jefferson Pike) totaling 70.08 acres and request C-2 (commercial) zoning for approximately 5.21 acres fronting Jefferson Pike with the remaining 64.87 acres zoned I-1 (light industrial). As part of approvals, staff and the planning commission identified requirements including extension of sanitary sewer under I-840 and construction of a developer-funded lift station on the east side of I-840; those utility improvements would be the developer’s responsibility.
Councilors pressed developers’ representatives and staff on traffic, access and the balance of commercial vs. industrial acreage. One councilor noted the plan shows "over 300 truck parking spaces" and said the site felt unbalanced with limited commercial frontage. Another councilor said truck access without a traffic signal at McCormick Court would be "a no-go," and the planning commission’s recommendation included a requirement that truck traffic use McCormick Court for ingress and egress. Staff confirmed a traffic study and required off-site improvements would be required at site plan submittal and that any recommended signalization and intersection work would be installed by the developer where required.
The council voted to approve the annexation and associated ordinances and motions to adopt the plan of services and the rezoning. The vote closed the public hearing process for this item and moved the annexation and rezoning forward with the developer-responsibility conditions described in staff materials.
What happens next: If development proceeds, the developer will prepare a site plan, conduct a traffic study and construct the sewer lift station and any required intersection improvements per town and TDOT (Tennessee Department of Transportation) review. Council members said they expect follow-up on traffic-signal approvals and final engineering as part of the site-plan and permitting process.
