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I have requested a periodic review for a portion of the Lexington Residential Planned Unit Development Overlay District
located at Old Hickory Boulevard (unnumbered), approximately 1,045 feet south of Ridgelake Parkway, zoned RM4
and R20 (123.01 acres).
The item #3. 66-84P-001 LEXINGTON RESIDENTIAL PUD (PERIODIC REVIEW) is placed under the Consent Agenda at Metro Planning Commission on Thursday, August 11th at 4 pm.
Items on the Consent Agenda will be voted on at a single time. No individual public hearing
will be held, nor will the Commission debate these items unless a member of the audience or the Commission requests
that the item be removed from the Consent Agenda.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
In accordance with the requirements of 17.40.120 H, staff
recommends that the Planning Commission find the portion of the PUD under
review to be inactive. No development has taken place within this portion
of the PUD and there has not been an aggregate of actions that constitutes
activity by the owner in the last 12 months.
If the Commission finds the PUD inactive, then staff
recommends that the Commission recommend that Council cancel the portion of the
PUD under review and rezone the property to SP. At a minimum, any SP should
reduce the overall footprint of the development, utilize environmentally
sensitive building practices, and reduce the impact on problem soils.
Additionally, the SP should include a requirement for detailed geotechnical
studies to determine the most appropriate location on the property for
development.
PUD DETAILS
The Lexington residential PUD (formerly Williamsburg
Landing) was originally approved in 1984 for 840 multi-family residential units
and six single-family lots. A final site plan was approved for 598
multi-family units and six single-family and these units have been
constructed. The remaining portion, which is under review, was most
recently approved in 2009 to permit 128 multi-family units.
WHAT'S NEXT?
I will ask Planning Commissioners to adopt Staff recommendation
to find the PUD inactive. If the Planning Commission finds the PUD inactive, I will
work with the property owners and Planning Staff to cancel the PUD and rezone it
to Specific Plan Zoning to define the area appropriate for the future
development, give development guidelines and building practices to protect environmentally
sensitive area, and preserve undevelopable area as natural and open space as I
have done for the Nashville Highlands PUD.
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