Minutes of the Planning and Zoning Commission

State of Tennessee            Lewisburg, Tennessee   County of Marshall             April 5, 2005

The City of Lewisburg Planning and Zoning Commission met Tuesday, April 5, 4:00 p.m. at Lewisburg City Hall, 131 East Church Street.

Members Present:   Wayne Bailey, Jim Bingham, Bill Holly

Members Absent:    Britt Wiles, Bill Marsh

Also Present:  Micah Wood, R.L. Williams, Larry McKnight, Patty Burch,

Jarmon Peregoy, approximately 12 others.

Chairman Bingham opened the meeting.

Old Business:

1) Motion to approve the minutes of the previous meeting of March 1 was made by Bill Holly.

Seconded By:  Wayne Bailey

For:  Bailey, Bingham, Holly

Motion Passed:  3 - 0

New Business:

1) Chris Brothers and Todd Warner requesting final plat approval for Holly Grove Estates Subdivision, Section II, located West of Titan Way. (Item was tabled until the end of the meeting to allow the wastewater manager to arrive at the meeting).

R.L. Williams addressed the Commission and stated his concerns revolved with roadbeds, ditch lines, and lack of vegetation on the site.  Mr. Williams stated concerns from surrounding neighbors of water run-off.  Mr. Warner stated any inspection of the site would be fine, however there was still some dirt fill to be added to the site, so any added vegetation would likely be covered.

Wayne Bailey asked Mr. Williams how long it would take to complete all of the necessary reviews before the applicant would be able to get all final approvals.  He also stated Mr. Williams needed to finish his inspections in a timely manner before the Planning Commission votes on final approval.  Mr. Williams stated he would do the inspections before the Planning Commission Meeting, however he needed to be informed of the areas that needed to be inspected.

After discussion, Chairman Bingham stated there could be a vote to approve or deny, approve with conditions, or table the agenda item until the issues between the applicant and Mr. Williams could be worked out. 

Motion to table final plat approval was made by Bill Holly.

Seconded By:  Wayne Bailey

For:  Holly, Bailey, Bingham

Motion Passed:  3 - 0

2) Carlson Engineering requested site plan approval for retail buildings to be located on lot’s # 1, 2, and 3 of Henegar Subdivision, Section II.  This is a site plan for 2 out parcels within the Wal-Mart development off of Ellington Parkway.  Jarmon Peregoy gave a brief overview of the site plan.

Micah Wood stated all site plan requirements had been satisfied and recommended approval.

Bill Holly made a motion to approve site plan.

Seconded By:  Wayne Baile 

For:  Bailey, Bingham, Holly

Motion Passed:  3 – 0

Chairman Bingham inquired if the applicant would confirm if Carlson Engineering had reviewed the drainage calculations and stood by those calculations.  Mr. Peregoy affirmed Carlson Engineering had reviewed the drainage calculations and that the firm would stand by their calculations.  Eddie Fuller, City Manager, requested a letter be sent to R.L. Williams, from Carlson Engineering, affirming the Registered Professional Engineer would sign off on the plans, once construction was completed.

3) Bruce and Patti Burch requested site plan approval for an office trailer to be moved onto their property located at 1527 Mooresville Highway. 

Chairman Bingham asked Mrs. Burch if use would be for an office only.  Mrs. Burch confirmed the usage for an office only.  She stated she was unsure if the utility hook-ups, particularly sewer, would be available in the position shown on the site plan.   Micah Wood explained that the availability of utilities was a concern for the approval of this site.  Mrs. Burch stated she had another location in mind for the trailer and asked if she could have both locations approved.  It was explained that this was not allowed, that one area or the other had to be shown on the site plan.

Eddie Fuller, City Manager, felt the location off of Giles Road, which would not be visible from the recreation center, would be preferable rather than the location shown on the site plan.  Mrs. Burch asked if she could get approval for the location off of Giles Road at this meeting. 

Micah Wood stated the Commission would need a drawn site plan to review before approval.  Chairman Bingham asked if the Commission could approve the site plan showing the alternate location of the trailer.  Micah Wood sated the Commission could accept items at its own discretion.

Motion to approve amended site plan was made by Wayne Bailey.

Seconded By:  Bill Holly

For:  Bailey, Bingham, Holly

Motion Passed:  3 - 0

4) Mike Johnson requested site plan approval for a commercial building to be located at 735 West Commerce Street.

Item was tabled due to applicant not being present. 

Other Business:

1) Chairman Bingham informed the Commission the new BP zoning district would be added to the Lewisburg Zoning Ordinance and suggested the Commission recommend to the City Council the BP Zoning District description and new Permitted Use Table.

City Manager Eddie Fuller stated, since the Ad Hoc Committee studying the BP zone had not yet finished meeting, a month’s delay may be better so an unfinished document would not be presented to the City Council.

2) Chairman Bingham requested the new zoning district and annexation of the new industrial park be included in the May Planning Commission Agenda.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.