Planning & Zoning Vote “No” On Cedar Hill Housing Growth
CEDAR HILL TENNESSEE: (Smokey Barn Information) -In the course of the June third Planning and Zoning assembly, our native officers denied the proposed R20 rezoning and improvement. The assembly was nicely attended by Cedar Hill residents that largly got here to precise their opposition to the undertaking.
Smokey Barn Information broadcast the assembly stay. Click on right here to view a recording of the assembly.
A recap by Cedar Hill’s Metropolis Commissioner/ Vice Mayor John Edwards.
In line with Edwards, the reasoning of the proposed web site would have pushed the house density too excessive for the neighborhood, see map under. In a letter to Smokey Barn Information, Edwards addresses his issues for the housing undertaking.
“I feel that it goes to indicate {that a} neighborhood that’s united and has a real concern, can have a say in its neighborhood and its future,” stated Cedar Hill’s Metropolis Commissioner/ Vice Mayor John Edwards. “Our county is in a scenario the place it’s rising quickly. Development is an effective downside to have but it surely’s additionally an issue we should handle and hold accountable.
“I’ve been approached by many builders and builders who took offense to our objections to the proposed rezoning in Cedar Hill. I feel it’s necessary to do not forget that with development; it’s not both/or, there’s a center floor. That center floor is the place builders can proceed to develop and landowners can proceed to have the best to make use of their property as they want. The center floor is the place we will protect our heritage and rural roots whereas making certain that small rural communities aren’t handled like the larger cities which might be close by.
“Accountable development begins with all of us taking duty; municipalities, officers, builders and most people. It’s additionally time to truly use and abide by the 2040 Development Plan which was adopted by the county and married into its Planning & Zoning Ordinances. The expansion plan was created with the aim of permitting acceptable development within the acceptable areas and saving the remainder for rural farmland and different agrarian actions. We’re starting to see the problems with not abiding by the expansion insurance policies the place we’re seeing large developments and subdivisions pop up in areas the place that development isn’t supposed or acceptable.
“I’d prefer to name on our county leaders to return to utilizing it as a template and a blueprint for development. I’d additionally prefer to see Planning and Zoning transfer to make sure that developments meet the necessities and development insurance policies which might be specified by the 2040 Development Plan and current them with the identical weighted significance as infrastructure. The 2040 Development Plan is used like a person information to a board sport, you possibly can play with out it, however you actually use it and reference it once you’ve received a difficulty with one thing. Let’s as an alternative use it to make sure we’re getting the best development in the best locations.
“It’s additionally time to start the dialogue of closing open ended zonings. The actual piece of property that we had been opposing in Cedar Hill was zoned R40 again within the 1970’s and has all the time been used for farming. I’d prefer to ask that our county shut zoning loopholes by requiring future zoning modifications, particularly bigger ones, to submit a timeline for building and completion to make sure that land is shifting towards being developed for its supposed objective. If after so lengthy; with no exercise, then the property would resort again to its unique zoning classification.
“Growth in our county is lightning quick and particularly so when large nationwide dwelling builders are coming in and constructing as quick as they’ll earlier than the housing bubbles inevitably bursts. Our county must be additional proactive and acknowledge that there are long-term prices with developments reminiscent of costly infrastructure repairs or enhancements and increasing primary providers and important providers reminiscent of training, police and fireplace departments. Even the necessity for elevated funding for these providers must be occurring earlier than our development outgrows the potential and capability of the County. Because the saying goes, an excessive amount of of a superb factor is usually a dangerous factor.”
