Cedar Hill Housing Improvement To As soon as Once more Go Earlier than R.C. Planning & Zoning
CEDAR HILL: (Smokey Barn Information) – This Thursday at 7 pm the Robertson County Planning and Zoning Division can be taking one other take a look at a proposed new Riley Bros Land, LLC subdivision positioned on the north aspect of Hwy 41 on the east aspect of Buzzard Creek Highway in Cedar Hill.
This would be the second time this venture can be offered to Planning and Zoning, The venture was first offered again in June. Smokey Barn Information lined the presentation to the Planning and Zoning Division dwell. It failed to realize sufficient votes to move.
After listening to considerations from the group concerning the venture, Riley Bros Land, LLC has requested for one more alternative to current the venture to Planning and Zoning. That may occur this Thursday evening.
Forward of the assembly, events on each side are addressing the event. Out of the gate can be Laurie Riley of Riley Bros Land, LLC adopted by Cedar Hill Vice Mayor John Edwards.
Laurie Riley of Riley Bros Land, LLC
“November 10, 2021, Riley Bros, Land, LLC filed a rezoning software on behalf of actual property positioned on the north aspect of Hwy 41 and east aspect of Buzzard Creek Highway in Cedar Hill, Robertson County, Tennessee. Roughly 97 acres roughly positioned within the County with roughly 9 acres roughly positioned throughout the metropolis limits of Cedar Hill.
“See the map (LEFT) of boundaries as filed with the Regional Planning and Zoning Workplace for Robertson County. Request for the permission of an entrance at HWY 41 N is pending from the Metropolis of Cedar Hill awaiting an up to date visitors research from Fischbach Transportation Group, LLC, Site visitors Engineering and Planning. Written approval from the Metropolis is required for the TDOT software together with the visitors research. TDOT determines the need for enhancements. Riley Bros. is in receipt of the mentioned visitors research and can provide such a request to the Metropolis of Cedar Hill.
“Rezoning request is for R20 (20,000 sq.ft.) per lot. Roughly 149 or much less houses starting from 1,800 sq. ft. to 2,300 sq. ft. are anticipated. Please see pictures of mentioned houses.
“West Robertson Water Authority has issued a written assertion guaranteeing water service to the proposed housing improvement. Riley Bros. will present the enhancements needed for the proposed improvement.
“Pure gasoline is supplied within the space by the Metropolis of Springfield.
“The sand gravel sewer system at the moment operated within the space by Adenus serving JoByrns Elementary Faculty and JoByrns Excessive Faculty as the 2 largest contributors of wastewater must be prolonged if Riley Bros chooses to make use of such system. New building houses within the space throughout the previous 45 days have been issued permits for faucets to mentioned system. It’s the intention of Riley Bros to offer new sand gravel system if needed.
“A hydrological wetland research has been carried out by ECS of Nashville displaying favorable outcomes excluding sure areas not appropriate for constructing. TDEC functions will observe for acceptable allowing previous to any building development.
“Dr. Chris Causey, Superintendent of Robertson County Faculties has suggested there’s accessible area for college kids at each elementary and highschool services.
“Riley Bros want to see this progress for two causes. First, to offer sustainable housing within the Cedar Hill space that may in flip convey new facilities for households to get pleasure from. Second, to start the correct conservation of farmland. Too many farms in Robertson County have been subdivided into 5-acre tracts for brand new residence building. This motion has resulted in additional driveways coming onto our roads.” Laurie Riley of Riley Bros Land, LLC
Cedar Hill Vice Mayor John Edwards
“This Thursday at 7 pm. The group of Cedar Hill can be returning to Planning and Zoning over the proposed rezoning to R20 for the Excessive Density, Mega Subdivision. The group of Cedar Hill has at all times said that we had been prepared to compromise for R40 and within the earlier zoning assembly, we put actions behind our phrases, and the R40 part handed with no opposition. That compromise was withdrawn by the builders earlier than it landed on the desk for the County Fee to vote, which I feel is spot-on illustration of how the group of Cedar Hill feels with reference to this improvement that’s being pushed on us.
“Our county adopted a Complete Development Plan in 2013. In 2015 Mr. Hoge offered a Decision to the County Fee to interchange the Zoning Decision beneath ‘Article I: Enactment.’ It was handed unanimously after which included into the Zoning Ordinances the place it states beneath ‘Conformance with the Complete Development & Improvement Plan’, ‘to make sure all improvement throughout the County’s jurisdiction is in line with and conforms to the imaginative and prescient, objectives & goals of the Robertson County 2040 Complete Development & Improvement Plan.’ The 2040 Development plan was a group input-led plan that seeks to develop the county the place infrastructure is accessible and in areas that can be acceptable for progress and to protect the agricultural /agrarian areas that make Robertson County what it’s. It’s a Plan that permits the expansion but in addition balances it with the agricultural heritage and operations. Moreover, the county adopted Transect Planning, which is a quite simple progress and improvement planning instrument that’s based mostly on seamless transition and gradual zoning strategies.
“Cedar Hill is a Village Middle format and the nearer to that downtown space, the upper your depth/ density is meant to be. The additional you progress away from that middle, the much less dense and intense you get as you transition to rural areas/farmlands. We’ve mentioned from the start that R40 would function the proper transition from the urbanized space of Cedar Hill to the agricultural space, which might line up with the Transect Planning mannequin we adopted. Inserting a high-density subdivision that’s extra dense and extra intense than the town itself after which butting that as much as the agricultural space is just not solely violating that idea however defies sensible zoning strategies. While you place a high-density subdivision subsequent to a rural space, you then’re making it awfully arduous for these rural areas to go about their every day operations. This results in additional transition from farming operations to improvement to ‘cash-out’. This results in the proliferation of city sprawl that’s consuming up farmland and destroying the agricultural roots of Robertson County one farm at a time.
“The 2040 Development Plan was developed, adopted, enacted and positioned because the plan that each one zoning selections must adjust to. Others have downplayed the 2040 Complete Development Plan as nothing greater than a information. Our county zoning workplace makes use of the land planning maps from the 2040 Development Plan to make all zoning selections, however they aren’t utilizing the Development Insurance policies through which each zoning choice have to be based mostly on. Planning and Zoning is just not a easy course of and it’s too difficult to easily use a map, somewhat than to make use of the precise insurance policies that assist you make selections on what is suitable or inappropriate improvement and/or density on the map. It’s like attempting to decide based mostly on 25% of the knowledge. These insurance policies are made extra vital while you understand that Tennessee Codes Title 6, Chapter 59, Part 107 requires ‘After a progress plan is so authorized, all land-use selections made by the legislative physique and the municipality or county’s planning fee shall be in line with the expansion plan’.
“The 2040 Development Plan is greater than a guidebook. It’s the rulebook and it’s time for all of us to start out following the foundations we’ve adopted and what we’re legally obligated to observe. I can’t say what selections have been made previously and why, however we will make the proper (and authorized) choice right now and transferring ahead. I’d wish to ask everybody to go to the county web site and look beneath Zoning and also you’ll discover the 2040 Development Plan that we adopted. I’d additionally like to ask you to take a look at the Zoning Ordinances and see how they relate and the way they join with the 2040 Development Plan. I’d additionally encourage these involved with the high-density, mega subdivision in Cedar Hill to come back to the December 2nd assembly at 7 pm on the county constructing. It’s time we begin following the rule to make sure that ‘Robertson County is Minutes from Nashville and Miles from Extraordinary,’ not One other Suburb and Nothing Extraordinary.” John Edwards
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