Devil's
Elbow Area Rezoning Request
Set for July 3 Council Public
Hearing
A request to rezone 5.04 acres of
property on Whites Creek Pike
near Devil's Elbow (map) to allow multi-family
dwellings will be the subject of
a public hearing before the Metro
Council on Tuesday, July 3, 2007
at 6:00 p.m. in the Council
Chamber at the Metropolitan
Courthouse downtown. Council
meeting agenda
Council Bill BL2007-1520 would
change zoning from AR2a to RM4 on
property located approximately
440 feet east of the intersection
of Whites Creek Pike and Old
Clarksville Pike. The change was
requested by owner Hayden &
Richardson Investments LLC.
District 3 Councilman Walter Hunt
is the bill's sponsor.
On December 14, 2006, the Metro
Planning Commission voted to
recommend disapproval for
changing zoning to RM4 on this
property, but noted that it would
recommend a change to RM2. Staff
analysis
is available online, scroll to
Item #20, project 2006Z-192U-01.
Noting that the request is
inconsistent with the community
plan, the analysis states:
| If the entire
property were rezoned to
RM4, the density for the
whole site would be more
that what is recommended
by the land use policy
because it would not
account for the areas of
the site that are located
in the Natural
Conservation policy.
Approximately 40 percent
of the site is located in
the Natural Conservation
policy, which envisions
very low density
development – 1
dwelling unit per 2
acres. In this case, the
policy was applied
because of very steep
topography on the site
that is not buildable.
The surrounding zoning
pattern is AR2a, and
reflects the rural
character of the area.
The topography, coupled
with access to the site
made difficult by the
hair pin curve of Whites
Creek Pike, and the
surrounding AR2a zoning
pattern make RM4 an
inappropriate zoning for
this parcel of land.
However, recognizing that
this is at the edge of
the Joelton commercial
area and the need to
cluster units off the
areas of steep
topography, staff
supports a change to RM2.
RM2 would allow 10 units
on this property. |
Zoning
Categories
AR2a, the zoning
classification of the property at
present, is
agricultural/residential
requiring a minimum lot size of 2
acres and is intended for uses
that generally occur in rural
areas, including single-family,
two-family, and mobile homes at a
density of one dwelling unit per
2 acres. The AR2a district is
intended to implement the natural
conservation or interim non-urban
land use policies of the general
plan.
RM4 zoning, that is
requested, is low-medium density
residential, intended for
multi-family dwellings at 4 units
per acre.
Find contact
information for District 3 Councilman Walter Hunt and Metro at-large
councilpersons on the Government Resources page.
--June 28, 2007
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